The Wilcox County Courthouse in

Abbeville, Georgia Abbeville is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,685. The city is the county seat of Wilcox County. History Abbeville was founded in 1857 as seat of the newly formed Wilcox County. The to ...

was built in 1903. It was designed by architect Frank P. Milburn, who also designed several other Georgia

courthouses 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-sp ...

. Its facade features cream-colored brick and stone trim. It has two Ionic

tetrastyle A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

porches. With . In 1980, the courthouse building stood out as impressive relative to the surrounding crossroads community of Abbeville, and it could be seen for miles.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1903 National Register of Historic Places in Wilcox County, Georgia County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Wilcox County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub