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Boswell's Tavern An important
example of a Federal tavern building of
the 18th century. It was a frequent meeting place of such notables as
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and James Madison. In 1781 the Marquis
de Layfayette encamped there.
Contributed by George Seitz. |
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Buttonwood Built in 1939. Part of
a Historic District. It has a
pedimented entrance and an exterior end chimney.
Contributed by George Seitz. |
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Cooke Building In Louisa Town, on
Main Street. Built in 1880s by Rice P Cammack and operated under the proprietorship of
George H Johnson. S. S. Griffith purchased the building shortly after the turn of the
century and used it for the Louisa Hotel. The Great Depression saw the business close. Dr
J. W. Baker purchased the building, renaming it and reopening it in 1934 as the Patrick
Heney Hotel. In 1959 Louisa attorney and real estate investor, William A. Cooke purchased
the building. It was used for his law office and rented the main floor out. Today it hass
office suites on all floors.
Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh |
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County Courthouse Completed in
1905, it is the third courthouse to occupy the same spot in the town of Louisa. It has a
pedimented Ionic portico and an impressive copper-covered dome.
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |
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Cuckoo Place Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1994. It was
built for Henry Pendleton about 1819. It has been in that family at least six generations.
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |
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Glen Burnie The South wing is
believed to have been built in the 18th
century. The central portion was added about 1820. The North wing was
added in 1974. It is a clapboard frame dwelling on a brick foundation.
The hipped roof has an ornamental central cross gable.
Contributed by George Seitz. |
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Hawkwood Made of stuccoed brick,
resting on huge granite blocks. It has
a gabled front with a Palladian window over the entrance. The interior
was gutted by fire in 1982.
Contributed by George Seitz. |
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Old Jail Built in 1868 using
bricks and iron from a prior jail built in 1808. The building is now used as the museum of
the Louisa County Historical Society.
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |
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Providence Presbyterian Church
Completed about 1749 and little altered since. It is one of the few colonial frame
churches still standing. John Todd Sr. was pastor there for forty years, from 1758 to
1798.
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |
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South Anna Baptist Church
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |
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St. John's Chapel Built in
Carpenter Gothic style in 1888 by the Overton, Morris and Watson families.
Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz |