{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Colleton County Courthouse | nrhp_type = | image = Colleton County Courthouse.jpg | caption = The front of the building | location = Corner of Hampton and Jeffries Sts., Walterboro, South Carolina | coordinates = {{coord|32|54|08.86|N|80|40|00|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = South Carolina#USA
| mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Colleton County Courthouse
| built = 1820 | architect = Robert Mills | architecture = Greek Revival architecture | added = May 14, 1971 | area = | refnum = 71000765<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }} The '''Colleton County Courthouse''' was built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The building is located corner of Jeffries and Hampton Streets in Walterboro, South Carolina. The building was put on the register as an example of Greek Revival architecture and also due to its historical significance, since the first meeting on nullification was held in the building in 1828.<ref name="sites">{{cite web|url=http://nerrs.noaa.gov/doc/siteprofile/acebasin/html/cultural/cultres/crstfile.htm#courthouse|title=Sites of Public Interest|publisher=National Estuarine Research Reserve System|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122071032/http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/doc/siteprofile/acebasin/html/cultural/cultres/crstfile.htm#courthouse|archive-date=22 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nom">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/colleton/S10817715001/S10817715001.pdf|title=NRHP Nomination form|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|accessdate=11 October 2012}}</ref>
==History== In 1817, Walterboro became the seat of Colleton County. The design of the courthouse is attributed to the architect Robert Mills. The building was completed in 1820 by Charleston contractors, J. & B. Lucas.<ref name="nom"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/colleton/S10817715001/index.htm|title=Colleton County Courthouse, Colleton County (Walterboro)|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
In June 1828, Robert Rhett, participating in the first meeting on nullification, which was held in the courthouse building, delivered a speech which urged John Taylor, the governor of South Carolina, to immediately convene a session of the state legislature. Another nullification meeting was held in October of the same year.<ref name="nom"/>
In 2023, the courthouse was the venue for the Trial of Alex Murdaugh.
==Architecture== The courthouse building has two storeys and is made of brick. The entrance is built as a portico with four Tuscan columns and two staircases with ironwork railings. The courtroom is located in the second floor. The basement is raised.<ref name="nom"/>
The original building from 1820 was considerably altered in 1939, when two wings were built.<ref name="sites"/>
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{{commonscat|Colleton County Courthouse}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina}}
Category:Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Category:County courthouses in South Carolina Category:Government buildings completed in 1820 Category:Buildings and structures in Colleton County, South Carolina Category:Robert Mills buildings Category:National Register of Historic Places in Colleton County, South Carolina