The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings including the Gloucester County government buildings and those structures bordering the square, housing private businesses, offices and residences.

The courthouse was built about 1766, and is a one-story, T-shaped brick structure with a hipped roof.

Other notable buildings include the Botetourt Hotel (now the Botetourt Administration Building, c. 1770); the Botetourt Lodge; W. C. Tucker's Department Store Building; S and S Hobbies; and the Kearn's Real Estate storage house.

[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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