Greenbrier County Courthouse is a historic

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building located at Lewisburg,

Greenbrier County, West Virginia Greenbrier County () is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery Counties in Virginia. History P ...

. In 1973 the courthouse and the adjacent

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, the Lewis Spring, were listed on the

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. The courthouse was built in 1837, and is a two-three story, T-shaped brick building. The front facade features four large plastered brick columns. Atop the building is a

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. The Lewis Spring is enclosed in a small, well-preserved stone building. Adjacent is a high stone retaining wall constructed between 1785–1795. The courthouse building was built from local brick by mason John W. Dunn (who was also an architect, but is not credited with the courthouse's design).

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* * Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Government buildings completed in 1837 Buildings and structures in Lewisburg, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia County courthouses in West Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia John W. Dunn buildings Spring houses {{GreenbrierCountyWV-NRHP-stub