Wheeler County Courthouse
Wheeler County Courthouse | |
![]() Wheeler County Courthouse in a 1980 photograph by Calvin Beale | |
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Location | Pearl St., Alamo, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 32°08′53″N 82°46′56″W / 32.14813°N 82.78230°WCoordinates: 32°08′53″N 82°46′56″W / 32.14813°N 82.78230°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1917 |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
NRHP reference # | 80001263[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
Wheeler County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Alamo, Georgia. It is located at 119 Pearl Street. The courthouse is brick and has a columned facade on all four sides.[2]
The town of Alamo was incorporated in 1909, and Wheeler County was formed, with Alamo as its county seat, in 1912.[3] In 1914 a courthouse was built, designed the previous year by Ed Hosford as his last Georgia courthouse design.[4] The courthouse burned down in 1916 and was rebuilt in 1917, in a design by Frank P. Milburn in the Neoclassical style. It was renovated in 1961.[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.[1]
The courthouse is "relatively lavishly ornamented", relative to other Georgia courthouses, including in its pilasters and the elaborateness of its Corinthian capitals.[6]
See also
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References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ The New Georgia Guide (University of Georgia Press, 1996), p. 458
- ↑ Paul T. Hellmann, Historical Gazetteer of the United States (Routledge, 2005), p. 216
- ↑ Wilber W. Caldwell, The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910 (Mercer University Press, 2001), p. 445.
- ↑ Wheeler County Courthouse Georgia Info
- ↑ "Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Wheeler County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved February 7, 2017. with photos
External links
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