Middlesex County Courthouse
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In 1849, the county seat of Middlesex was moved from Urbanna to Saluda. Engineer John P. Hill completed the present courthouse in 1852. During the Civil War, Federal cavalrymen stationed in Yorktown made several excursions through the county. Court clerk Philemon T. Woodward (1852-1892) concealed the county's colonial records nearby in Dragon Swamp, thereby saving a rich source of local history from potential Union souvenir hunters. Virginia's first county museum was established in the old clerk's office in 1935, and Works Progress Administration workers constructed the brick wall enclosing the complex during the same decade.Historic Register- 059-0008
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Middlesex CountyHistoric Site
73 Bowden St
Saluda, VA 23149
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In the Area
287 Jackson Creek Rd.
Deltaville
Deltaville
56 Church Lane
Saluda
Saluda