Allendale County Courthouse is a historic

county courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

in Allendale,

Allendale County, South Carolina Allendale County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,039, making it the least populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Allendale. History Allendale County was formed in 191 ...

. It was added to the

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in 2007.

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

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. The portico features four massive limestone columns and responding

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s of the

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, a classical

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, and a brick-and-limestone

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. Immediately to the rear and connected to the historic courthouse by a narrow two-story

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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.

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* County courthouses in South Carolina Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina Government buildings completed in 1922 Buildings and structures in Allendale County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Allendale County, South Carolina {{AllendaleCountySC-NRHP-stub