Twiggs County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Jeffersonville, Georgia, county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia. The Romanesque Revival architecture building was designed by J.W. Golucke and built from 1902 to 1904.[2][3] The previous courthouse had burned down in 1901.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is located in Courthouse Square. The square includes a Confederate soldier memorial.
Twiggs County Courthouse | |
 Twiggs County Courthouse in a 1975 photograph by Calvin Beale | |
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| Location | Courthouse Sq., Jeffersonville, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°41′15″N 83°20′45″W / 32.68750°N 83.34583°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Built by | Wagner, Fred |
| Architect | Golucke, J.W.,& Co. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001248[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
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Courthouse in 2015; original part is on the left -
Confederate soldier monument
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Tiwggs County Courthouse Georgia Info
- ^ "Architectural Survey Form: Twiggs County Courthouse". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 234. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
External links
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