Allendale County Courthouse

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Allendale County Courthouse
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Location292 Barnwell Hwy., Allendale, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°0′46″N81°18′22″W / 33.01278°N 81.30611°W / 33.01278; -81.30611 Coordinates: 33°0′46″N81°18′22″W / 33.01278°N 81.30611°W / 33.01278; -81.30611
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)-1922
Built byA. J. Krebs & Company
Architect G. Lloyd Preacher & Company
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 06000580 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 2007

Allendale County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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Description and history

It was built in 1921–1922, and is a two-story yellow brick and limestone-accented building with a central block with pedestaled pediment dominated by a monumental, unengaged, flat-roofed Neoclassical Revival portico. The portico features four massive limestone columns and responding pilasters of the Tuscan order, a classical entablature, and a brick-and-limestone parapet.

Immediately to the rear and connected to the historic courthouse by a narrow two-story hyphen is a large office and courtroom building that was completed and occupied in 2004. The interior was restored after a devastating arson fire on the morning of May 18, 1998. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mary Jean Carlson (June 2007). "Allendale County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. "Allendale County Courthouse, Allendale County (292 Barnwell Hwy., Allendale)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 4 March 2014.