Virginia's Historic Courthouses

by John E. Peters, Margaret T. Peters, John O. Peters

Book Overview

Featuring 140 color photographs of Virginia's courthouses, this book is a visual treat as well as an innovative approach to history and architecture. It contains a wealth of social and architectural history. In addition to giving an overview of the history of 126 courthouses, the authors recount some notable legal proceedings that took place in the courtrooms, particularly those cases that involved societal change and the ongoing struggle for civil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813916046
• ISBN13: 9780813916040
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 12.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Virginia's Historic Courthouses - A Must Have Text

The Peters took their avocation of loving and studying Virginia architecture and combined it with their vocation as historian and photographer to create this great resource. If you are the kind of person who wants to know the real details behind Virginia public architecture, this is the text to have on your shelf. You get an insider's play book into Thomas Jefferson's inspiration and influence, and which of his builders worked on what projects and why. You also get the nitty gritty of what the battles were like leading up to the structures becoming a reality. The color photos by John Peters are calendar quality, and even if you are not a Virginian, they crisply illustrate how the Old Dominion influenced municipal and governmental architecture all over the country,and maybe even in your own town or state.