Twiggs County Courthouse is a historic
county courthouse
A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...
in
Jeffersonville, Georgia
The city of Jeffersonville is the largest city and county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, down from 1,209 in 2000.
Jeffersonville is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical are ...
, county seat of
Twiggs County, Georgia
Twiggs County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is Jeffersonville. The county was created on December 14, 1809, and named for American Re ...
. The
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...
building was designed by
J.W. Golucke and built from 1902 to 1904.
The previous courthouse had burned down in 1901.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
[ It is located in Courthouse Square. The square includes a Confederate soldier memorial.
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Photos
File:Twiggs County Courthuose, Jeffersonville, GA, US, 2015.jpg, Courthouse in 2015; original part is on the left
File:Confederate soldier memorial and Twiggs County courthouse, Jeffersonville, GA, US.jpg, Confederate soldier monument
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Twiggs County, Georgia
References
External links
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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
Government buildings completed in 1904
Romanesque Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Twiggs County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Twiggs County, Georgia
1904 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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