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Old Banks County Courthouse

Coordinates: 34°20′5″N 83°29′56″W / 34.33472°N 83.49889°W / 34.33472; -83.49889
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Banks County Courthouse
Photo by Calvin Beale - January 1970
Old Banks County Courthouse is located in Georgia
Old Banks County Courthouse
Old Banks County Courthouse is located in the United States
Old Banks County Courthouse
LocationOff U.S. 441, Homer, Georgia
Coordinates34°20′5″N 83°29′56″W / 34.33472°N 83.49889°W / 34.33472; -83.49889
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1860 (1860)
Built byJohn Willis Pruitt, Samuel W. Pruitt
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSGeorgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.80000969[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980
Old Banks County Courthouse - July 2011

The Old Banks County Courthouse is in Homer, Georgia. Construction started in 1860 but was interrupted because of the American Civil War. Construction was paid for with $6,600 in Confederate money. Construction was finished in 1875. (The Georgia Courthouse Manual dates it as completed in 1863.) The building is a two-story brick courthouse with a stone foundation in the Greek Revival style. It is similar to many courthouses in Virginia, which is a result of the builders being from Virginia. It has Tuscan columns that are on top of one-story brick piers. The interior originally had a cross plan. The courtroom and judge's chambers are on the second floor, which are accessed by outside double stairways.

A new courthouse replaced this one in 1987. There were plans to demolish the building, but the citizens voted by more than a 2:1 margin to save it. It was restored in 1987–1989 with funding through a hotel/motel tax.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ The Georgia Courthouse Handbook