Wheeler County Courthouse
Wheeler County Courthouse | |
 Wheeler County Courthouse in a 1980 photograph by Calvin Beale .jpg) The courthouse in 2017 | |
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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°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001263[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
Wheeler County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse built in 1914 shortly after Alamo, Georgia was designated the county seat of newly established Wheeler County, Georgia.[2] Located at 119 Pearl Street, it was designed the previous year by Ed Hosford as his last Georgia courthouse design, [3] and is a brick structure with a columned facade on each side.[4]
It burned down in 1916 and rebuilt in 1917 using a design by Frank P. Milburn in the Neoclassical style. It was renovated in 1961, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.[1] The nomination described it as "relatively lavishly ornamented" relative to other Georgia courthouses, including in its pilasters and the elaborateness of its Corinthian capitals.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hellmann, Paul T. (2005). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 216.
- ^ Caldwell, Wilber W. (2001). 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. p. 445.
- ^ Georgia Humanities Council (1996-04-01). The New Georgia Guide. University of Georgia Press. p. 458. ISBN 9780820317991.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Wheeler County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
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- County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures in Wheeler County, Georgia
- Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Government buildings completed in 1917
- National Register of Historic Places in Wheeler County, Georgia