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″N82°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 in Alamo, Georgia. It is located at 119 Pearl Street. The courthouse is brick and has a columned facade on all four sides. [2]
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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]
