Fairfax County Courthouse
Fairfax, Virginia
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1800
Architect - James Wren
Photos: Robert Deering 8/2/2002
 
 
 
 

1800 Courthouse
Original Configuration
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1742

COUNTY NAMED FOR: 
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693–1781), proprietor of the Northern Neck.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as the County

STANDING:
 

  • 1800 Courthouse with additions completed in 1929 and 1958
  • 2008 Modern Courthouse