The Wilcox County Courthouse Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

in Camden,

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. It follows an irregular pattern along Broad Street, centered on the Wilcox County Courthouse. The Wilcox County Courthouse was built in 1857 in the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style and remains in use today. Alexander J. Bragg was the contractor. The district contains other examples of Greek Revival, Victorian, and

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styles of architecture. It was added to the

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on January 18, 1979.

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* National Register of Historic Places in Wilcox County, Alabama Historic districts in Wilcox County, Alabama Greek Revival architecture in Alabama Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama 1857 establishments in Alabama {{Alabama-NRHP-stub