Bibb County Courthouse, Centreville, AL2
**Centreville Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 78000482, date listed 1978-10-19
Walnut St., East and West Court Sq.
Centreville, AL (Bibb County)
The twenty-six structures comprising the Centreville Historic District focus on the 1902 Bibb County Courthouse (11) and Court Square and consist primarily of late-19th and ear1y-20th century commercial and governmental structures reflecting the character of a turn-of-the-century rural county seat.
When the 1828 Bibb County Commission considered the site for a permanent county seat, it selected the community of Centreville because of its location as the center of the county. The county's first court house had been built here on the west banks of the Cahaba River, but the site chosen for the third and permanent seat was the hill on the east bank. The higher ground would help alleviate the problem with malaria which had been so severe on the lower-lying west bank. Incorporated in 1832, the town of Centreville grew up around the new frame courthouse erected on the spacious square.
Bibb County Courthouse (Court Square): 1902; 2 stories with corner tower, brick, Victorian eclectic with strong Romanesque influence, stone lintels and sills, dentilled cornice and pediment, square-headed and arched windows, corner domes. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/78000482.pdf
Bibb County Courthouse, Centreville, AL2
**Centreville Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 78000482, date listed 1978-10-19
Walnut St., East and West Court Sq.
Centreville, AL (Bibb County)
The twenty-six structures comprising the Centreville Historic District focus on the 1902 Bibb County Courthouse (11) and Court Square and consist primarily of late-19th and ear1y-20th century commercial and governmental structures reflecting the character of a turn-of-the-century rural county seat.
When the 1828 Bibb County Commission considered the site for a permanent county seat, it selected the community of Centreville because of its location as the center of the county. The county's first court house had been built here on the west banks of the Cahaba River, but the site chosen for the third and permanent seat was the hill on the east bank. The higher ground would help alleviate the problem with malaria which had been so severe on the lower-lying west bank. Incorporated in 1832, the town of Centreville grew up around the new frame courthouse erected on the spacious square.
Bibb County Courthouse (Court Square): 1902; 2 stories with corner tower, brick, Victorian eclectic with strong Romanesque influence, stone lintels and sills, dentilled cornice and pediment, square-headed and arched windows, corner domes. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/78000482.pdf