Stuart Uptown Historic District listed on the National Register
2002
Stuart
Stuart's uptown core, centered on the county courthouse, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Jan. 24, 2002.
The district covers government, financial, religious and commercial buildings from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, centered on the Patrick County Courthouse. The Virginia Landmarks Register listing came on June 13, 2001, and the National Register listing on Jan. 24, 2002. The town grew quickly after a railroad reached it in the early 1880s and took the name Stuart in 1884.