Bacon County Courthouse
The Bacon County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse on Main Street in Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. It was designed by architect J. J. Baldwin and completed in 1920.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. The Rabinowitz Building was temporally used as the courthouse.
Bacon County Courthouse | |
| Location | Main St., Alma, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°32′28″N 82°27′46″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1919–1920 |
| Built by | R.W. Wimbish |
| Architect | J.J. Baldwin |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000967[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 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 Madison, Georgia.[3]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: a Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910 Wilber W. Caldwell Mercer University Press, 2001 613 pages
- "Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses, Architectural Survey: Bacon County Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
External links
- Media related to Bacon County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
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