Tazewell County is named for Henry Tazewell, who was a United States Senator from Virginia.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Buchanan County, McDowell County, West Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia
E – Bland County
S – Bland County and Smyth County
W – Russell County and Buchanan County
Created: December 17, 1799 
County Seat:
Tazewell 1800 – present
County Courthouse – Tazewell
Location: 101 East Main Street / Court Avenue
Built: 1874 – 1875 / 1914
Style: Second Empire
Architect: W G Bottimore
Contractor: H L Branson & W W Peery
Description: The building faces north and is a two story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Tazewell. The north front has a portico with four white colored Doric columns with pediment at the roof line. The center section projects from the main building with east and west wings. A cornice runs below the roof line. The roof is mansard. The building houses the County Circuit Court and County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the 29th Judicial Circuit. The building was remodeled in 1914 and the architect was Andrew J Bryan and the contractor was Falls City Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
See: The architect, Andrew J Bryan designed other courhouses in Alabama Monroe County. The contractor Falls City Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
County Courthouse Addition – Tazewell
Location: 135 Court Street / Court Avenue
Built: 2000 – 2002
Style: Modern
Architect: Thompson & Litton
Contractor: Ellinwood + Machado
Description: The building faces south and is a three story red colored brick and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Tazewell on the south side of the courthouse. The building has a raised basement. The center section projects slightly and has six double pillars with recessed poorch. The roof line is flat. The building houses the County General District Court of the 29th Judicial Circuit.
See: The 29th Judicial Circuit includes Buchanan County, Dickenson County and Russell County.
History: The county was created in 1799 and Tazewell was selected as the county seat in 1800. The first courthouse was built of buckeye logs in Tazewell ( Jeffersonville ) at a cost of $10 by men from the county. The second courthouse was a frame structure built by William Williams in 1801 at a cost of $938. The courthouse burned in 1839’s and the third courthouse was a brick structure built in 1835. The fourth and present courthouse was constructed in 1874 to 1875.The Courthouse Addition was constructed in 200 to 2002.
County Courthpuse – Tazewell
County Courthouse Addition – Tazewell
Photos taken 2013