Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 06/20/1989
NRHP Listing Date 11/13/1989
NRHP Reference Number 89001892
The Phlegar Building, long a familiar fixture on Christiansburg’s public square, appears at first observation as a picturesque example of a late-19th-century small-town office building. It actually incorporates remnants of the early-19th-century Montgomery County clerk’s office, originally a two-room, one-story building with a Flemish-bond brick façade, sections of which remain visible. When a new courthouse was built in 1834, the clerk’s functions were accommodated elsewhere and the building was rented out for law offices. In 1897 it was purchased by Archer A. Phlegar who added the upper stories, the two-level Eastlake gallery, and a large rear wing. The attic story was left unfinished; its windows merely ventilated the space. The property was reacquired by Montgomery County late in the 20th century, and the Phlegar Building was used to house county offices.
The Phlegar Building was listed in the registers under the Prehistoric and Historic Resources of Montgomery County MPD. It was demolished by the county officials in 2020 to make way for a new magistrates building.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: July 21, 2022
