The Johnson County Courthouse in

Wrightsville, Georgia Wrightsville is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,195 at the 2010 census, down from 2,223 at the 2000 census. By 2020, its population grew to 3,449. The city limits include Johnson Sta ...

was built in 1895 and work was done on it in 1940 under the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It stands on the town square in Wrightsville. It was designed by architects

Golucke & Stewart James Wingfield Golucke (1865–1907), often known as J.W. Golucke, was an American architect based in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked alone and also within partnership Golucke & Stewart. On his own he designed about 15 courthouses in Georgia. With ...

and is similar to their Pike County Courthouse. It is brick and stone trim in composition. It has entrances on all four sides, with no one prominent enough to be clearly a "front" entrance. It has four corner pavilions, each with a bracketed gable. A later addition is the

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clock tower that is topped by a small dome.

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* Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Romanesque Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1895 National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Georgia County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) {{JohnsonCountyGA-NRHP-stub