Terrell County Courthouse (Georgia)
Terrell County Courthouse | |
Location | E. Lee St., Dawson, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 31°46′23″N 84°26′45″W / 31.77306°N 84.44583°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1892 |
Built by | J.B. Sample |
Architect | William H. Parkins |
Architectural style | High Victorian |
MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
NRHP reference No. | 80001244[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
The Terrell County Courthouse, in Dawson, Georgia, is a historic courthouse built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Its NRHP nomination asserts it is the best exemplification of High Victorian architecture amongst all of Georgia's courthouses.[2] It is described:
The building is asymmetrically massed with a tall pyramidal corner clock tower emphasised by turrets. Huge double Romanesque arches are on a lesser facade tower, The entrance which has a center one story projecting gabled porch is capped by a stepped gable; the side elevation has the same gable in a center entrance bay. Additional turrets - one with an onion dome, others which are helmeted - plus assorted gables, balconies, round arched, rectangular, and even a Palladian window combine in a grand and dramatic manner.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Thematic National Register Nomination of Georgia Courthouses: Terrell County Courthouse". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved June 10, 2018. With accompanying pictures
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- Courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Terrell County, Georgia
- Government buildings completed in 1892
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Victorian architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1892 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- William H. Parkins buildings
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