Lee County Courthouse (Georgia)

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Lee County Courthouse
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LocationCourthouse Sq., Leesburg, Georgia
Coordinates 31°43′57″N84°10′16″W / 31.73250°N 84.17111°W / 31.73250; -84.17111
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1917
Built byWimbish, R.W.
Architect J.J. Baldwin
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 80001104 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980

Lee County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in on Courthouse Square in Leesburg, Georgia, the county seat of Lee County, Georgia. It was designed by J.J. Baldwin in Neoclassical Revival architecture and built in 1918. [2]

The building has a Doric tetrastyle entrance. It has a small square domed clock tower. The interior of the building has a cross plan, with four entrances. There are additions to the building in the rear. A staircase leads to the courtroom on the second floor, which was wood paneling and plaster walls. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lee County Courthouse Georgia Info
  3. "Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Lee County Courthouse". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved February 3, 2017.