Lowndes County Courthouse | |
Location | Washington St., Hayneville, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°11′01″N 86°34′47″W / 32.18361°N 86.57972°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1856 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 71000100 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 24, 1971 |
The Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in Hayneville, Alabama. [1] It has served as the Lowndes County courthouse since 1856. The Greek Revival-style building is one of only four antebellum courthouses that remain in use in Alabama. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971. [1]
The Lowndes County Courthouse was completed in 1856. It replaced an earlier courthouse, built in 1832, that had been deemed unsafe. The building was expanded during 1905 remodeling, with two-story wings added to each side, an enclosed front entrance replacing the portico, and a domed cupola added to the center of the roof. [2] The side wings and enclosed entrance were removed during the 1980s and the portico replaced with a duplicate of the original, at an approximate cost of $1 million. A new two-story annex was constructed to the rear of the 1856 building. [3]