Newport News is named for Christopher Newport’s “good news” by Jamestown colonists who left to return to England aboard a ship of Captain Christopher Newport and who then turned back to Jamestown after encountering a fleet of supply ships, or from the English word “news” meaning “new town” or from “New Port Newce” named for Sir William Newce and who received a land grant in the area.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – James City County and York County
E – York County and Hampton
S – Portsmouth and Susffolk
W – Isle of Wight County and Surry County
Warwick County Seat
Denbigh 1896 – 1958
Newport News 1958 merged
Independent City 
Created: 1896
Courthouse – Newport News
Location: 2500 Washington Avenue / 25th Street
Built: 1986 – 1988
Style: Modern
Architect: Sasaki Associates, Inc. of Boston, Massechusetts
Contractor: Kjellstrom & Lee, Inc. of Norfolk
Description: The building faces southwest and is a three story red colored brick and concrete structure. The building is rectangular with the southwest front is recessed on the first story and with brick faced pillars and a central entrance. The second and third stories have vertical; windows trimmed with concrete. Along the sides, the windows are in groups of three windows. The roof line is flat. The building houses the General District Court and the Circuit Court.
Old Courthouse – Newport News
Location: 2501 Huntington Avenue / 25th Street
Built: 1950 – 1951
Style: Modern
Architect: Forrest W Colle of Williams, Coile and Blanchard
Contractor: Virginia Engineering Company
Description: The building faces northeast and is a four story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The windows are in horizontal groups. Above the northeast entrance is a high narrow vertical windows section extending up to the fourth story. The roof line is flat. The building houses the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and was formerly the courthouse.
Old Warwick County Courthouse – Denbigh
Location: 14421 Old Courthouse Way / Court House Drive
Built: 1884 – 1885
Style: Italianate
Architect: George Moser
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces northeast and is a two story red colored brick and wood structure. The rectangular building is located on landscaped grounds. There is a shallow metal covered hipped roof with three shallow cross gables. On the roof is a square wooden bell cupola that rises above the central projecting bay.
Note: The previous courthouse was built in 1810 was a one story “T” shaped structure.
Courthouse – Newport News
Photos taken 2013