Twiggs County Courthouse

United States historic place


Twiggs County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Twiggs County Courthouse in a 1975 photograph by Calvin Beale
32°41′15″N 83°20′45″W / 32.68750°N 83.34583°W / 32.68750; -83.34583
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

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.

Photos

Courthouse in 2015; original part is on the left
Confederate soldier monument

References

^ ^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.