The Courthouse Square

The Courthouse Square. . , Perhaps nowhere in Newport News is the juxtaposition of the traditional and the eclectic more apparent than on the old Warwick County courthouse green. Within its walls, the 1810 Georgian courthouse sits only a short distance from its 1884 Italianate replacement. They strikingly contrast the evolution of Warwick from an agricultural economy to an urban one reliant on industry and commerce., (Photo Captions), During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, the courthouse area was occupied by Federal troops, who looted county records. The 1810 courthouse and 1820 clerk's office are the two buildings on the right of the sketch., In 1820, a one-room brick clerk's office was constructed next to the 1810 courthouse. It was demolished some time after 1904. A reconstruction, built in 2008, stands over the original location., A 1918 spring Maypole celebration on the square featured students from Denbigh schools., The 1810 Courthouse, c. 1960. The addition facing the monument was removed during restoration in the 1980s., The 1884 Courthouse in spring and winter, c. 2010., Pal Dockerty with his horse Ebilight, c. 1900 outside the 1884 Courthouse.