The Bacon County Courthouse is a historic

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on Main Street in

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, Bacon County,

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. It was designed by architect J. J. Baldwin and completed in 1920. The Rabinowitz Building was temporally used as the courthouse during the construction of the current courthouse."Rabinowitz Building, 1915, Alma"
Vanishing Georgia, retrieved April 21, 2025 It was added to the

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on September 18, 1980. According to its National Register nomination, the courthouse is one of only two in Georgia whose main entrances face the corner of a block. The other is the Morgan County Courthouse in

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* {{Commons category-inline, Bacon County Courthouse County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1920 Buildings and structures in Bacon County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Bacon County, Georgia

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