Emanuel County Courthouse

The 2002 courthouse and current courthouse in 2016

The Emanuel County Courthouse in Swainsboro, Georgia serves Emanuel County. The current building is the county's eighth courthouse.

Former courthouse

Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department
The courthouse in 1951
Location Main St., Swainsboro, Georgia
Coordinates 32°35′48″N 82°20′4″W / 32.59667°N 82.33444°W / 32.59667; -82.33444Coordinates: 32°35′48″N 82°20′4″W / 32.59667°N 82.33444°W / 32.59667; -82.33444
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1940 (courthouse); 1912 (Sheriff Department)
Architect Dennis and Dennis (courthouse); L.F. Goodrich (Sheriff Department)
Architectural style Stripped Classical;
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference # 95000715[1]
Added to NRHP June 14, 1995

The former courthouse in Swainsboro, built in 1940 and since demolished, and a sheriff department building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department.[1] The Sheriff Department building, built in 1912, is a one-story Classical Revival building with a pedimented entrance portico. It was designed by Augusta, Georgia, architect L.F. Goodrich.[2]

The courthouse served as Emanuel County's seventh justice building, replacing the 1920 courthouse that was destroyed in a 1938 fire.[2] It was designed in Stripped Classical style by architects Dennis and Dennis.[2] The courthouse was demolished in 2002, but a historical marker remains.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Leslie N. Sharp (April 13, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. with six photos
  3. ↑ Marker


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