Visit Wythe County and the Wythe County Historic Courthouse

Photo Credit: David Edwards 2024

Location: 215 South Fourth Street / West Spring Street
Built: 1900 – 1902
Style: Neo-Classical
Architect: Frank P Milburn
Contractor: J E Parrish

Description: The building faces northeast and is a two story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building sits on a low hill which descends on the north side in the center of Wytheville. The northeast front has a projecting center section with a large portico with four Corinthian columns rising to a wide pediment at the roof line. There is a wide balcony on the second story. On the center of the roof is a large eight-sided dome with clock and gold colored roof at the top. The interior features a center lobby with patterned ceilings, heavy scroll brackets at the intersection of passageways, and staircases with turned balusters and decorative square newels. The building is used for county offices.

SOURCE: American Courthouses

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