Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District
240-242 Court Square
Number Nothing, Ca. 1820
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
brick (Flemish bond); 2 stories; pedimented gable end faces courthouse; 4 bays. Federal. Ca. 1820. Entrances in 2nd and 4th bays from north. Doors: one 6-panel, raised-panel, one 6-panel, flat-panel. Bolection molding door surrounds. Flat panels in door reveals. Jack arches over doors and windows. 9/6 sash both levels except 9/1 1st story, far left bay. Some blinds, some shutters. Historical: Such mercantile duplexes were once common in the Court Square area but have since disappeared. Tradition associates this building with the slave-trade. Alexander's Recollections, p. 19. N.R.
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