A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1855-1866 and undated Lunenburg County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1855-1866 and undated
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A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Barcode number 1202259
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Lunenburg County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1855-1866 and undated. Barcode number 1202259. Local government records
collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Lunenburg County.
Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England.
It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745.
Lunenburg County (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds, 1855-1866 and undated. The materials consist of reports, orders, specifications,
and architectural renderings for various county buildings created over a period of years at the behest of the Lunenburg County
justices. Included are specifications for a new jail and clerk's office (1855), a railing for the courthouse square (1857),
and floor plans and elevations of a proposed courthouse (undated).
The undated drawings in these materials may related to the written specifications, however, that was not possible to conclusively
determine based on the original arrangement.