Wheeler County Courthouse
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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]
Wheeler County Courthouse | |
Location | Pearl St., Alamo, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 32.14813°N 82.78230°W / 32.14813; -82.78230 |
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 |
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]