Jackson County Courthouse (Georgia)

Jackson County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Jackson County Courthouse, photographed c. 1970
Show map of Georgia Show map of the United States
Location	85 Washington St., Jefferson, Georgia
Coordinates	34°7′6″N 83°34′28″W
Built	1879, 1906 (clock tower), 1978 (renovations)
Built by	M.B. McGinty
Architect	Thomas, W.W.
Architectural style	Neoclassical
MPS	Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	80001096[1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1980

Jackson County Courthouse is a two-story brick building designed by architect W.W. Thomas and built in 1879 in Jefferson, Georgia. Its Classical Revival clock tower was added in 1906. It was one of the first post-Civil War county courthouses built in Georgia. It is unusual for surviving little-altered since construction.^[2] In 2004, a new courthouse was built in Jefferson.

Courthouse in 2012

It was renovated in 1978.^[2]

Its courtroom has a "Cathedral quilt" pressed metal coved ceiling and egg and dart cornices.^[2]

Its architect, William Winstead Thomas (1848-1904), was president of an insurance company but also designed buildings, including the White Hall estate house outside Atlanta and at least two other courthouses.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Thematic National Register Nomination - Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Jackson County Courthouse". National Park Service. (including two photos)