Wilkes County Courthouse
Contributors:
L.W. Cooper and Company, contractors;
James M. McMichael, architect;
Wheeler, McMichael, and Company, architects;
Oliver Duke Wheeler, architect
Dates:
1902
Location:
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County
Street Address:
E. Main St. at N. Bridge St., Wilkesboro, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Public
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999).
Note:
In a time-honored practice, the Wilkes County building committee visited courthouses in Laurinburg and Statesville (both by Wheeler’s firm) and selected that design model, the architect, and even the same builder, L.W. Cooper and Company of Charlotte.
