Clay County Courthouse (Fort Gaines, Georgia)

Clay County Courthouse
Location Off GA 37, Fort Gaines, Georgia
Coordinates 31°36′15″N 85°02′54″W / 31.604198°N 85.048419°W / 31.604198; -85.048419Coordinates: 31°36′15″N 85°02′54″W / 31.604198°N 85.048419°W / 31.604198; -85.048419
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1871 (1871)
Architectural style Carpenter
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference # 80000992[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1980

The Clay County Courthouse in Fort Gaines, Georgia was built in about 1871. It is a two-story brick building that "looks more like an antebellum plantation house than a courthouse." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

It is described as "Carpenter style with Classic details". It is a two-story hipped-roof building. It has a portico with square columns and a balcony on the second floor, and it has colossal pilasters on each end of its facade.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clay County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017. With photos.


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