Clay County Courthouse (Georgia)

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Clay County Courthouse
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LocationOff GA 37, Fort Gaines, Georgia
Coordinates 31°36′15″N85°02′54″W / 31.604198°N 85.048419°W / 31.604198; -85.048419 Coordinates: 31°36′15″N85°02′54″W / 31.604198°N 85.048419°W / 31.604198; -85.048419
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1871 (1871)
Architectural styleCarpenter
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 80000992 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clay County Courthouse". National Park Service . Retrieved August 15, 2017. With photos.

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