Downtown Grundy, VA was recently overhauled with a four-lane highway doubling as a dike to prevent the further flood devastation. The existing courthouse and a few other structures are all that remains after the necessary demolition of the entire riverside commercial district due to flood damage. The county weighed heavily the many design options to establish the best way to start anew while effectively meeting their intense demands for court and administrative program area.
The newly expanded and renovated courthouse includes the Circuit Court & Court Clerk, District Court and Court Clerk, Adult and Juvenile Probation, District Attorney, and supporting judicial departments. Circuit and Domestic Courtrooms are located on the upper level with supporting judges’ chambers and secure holding cells with interview rooms. Secure judges’ parking and access to the chambers are provided through separate vertical circulation pieces from the general public. A lower level vehicular sallyport and adjacent central holding cells also have an isolated elevator for transport of detainees to the upper level holding courtroom entries.
