Jenkins County Courthouse

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Jenkins County Courthouse
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The courthouse and Confederate Monument in 2016
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LocationCourthouse Sq., Millen, Georgia
Coordinates 32°48′15″N81°56′21″W / 32.80417°N 81.93917°W / 32.80417; -81.93917 Coordinates: 32°48′15″N81°56′21″W / 32.80417°N 81.93917°W / 32.80417; -81.93917
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
Architect L.F. Goodrich; Franklin, A.J.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 80001100 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980

Jenkins County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Millen, Georgia. Designed in a Neoclassical Revival architecture style by L.F. Goodrich, it was built in 1910. [2] Unlike most courthouses in Georgia of the period, this one is three stories tall. It has columns that are plain and fluted, which are on high bases. The building has a bracketed cornice. On top is a copper-domed clock tower. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jenkins County Courthouse Georgia Info
  3. NRHP form