The Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in

Hayneville, Alabama Hayneville is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States and its county seat. At the 2010 census the population was 932, down from its record high of 1,177 in 2000. It is also part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. It initi ...

. 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. ''See also:'' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971.

History

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. 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.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County, Alabama Government buildings completed in 1856 County courthouses in Alabama Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Greek Revival architecture in Alabama 1856 establishments in Alabama