Banks County Courthouse | |
 Photo by Calvin Beale - January 1970 | |
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| Location | Off U.S. 441, Homer, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 34°20′5″N83°29′56″W / 34.33472°N 83.49889°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1860 |
| Built by | John Willis Pruitt, Samuel W. Pruitt |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000969 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
The Old Banks County Courthouse is in Homer, Georgia. Construction started in 1860 but was interrupted because of the American Civil War. Construction was paid for with $6,600 in Confederate money. Construction was finished in 1875. (The Georgia Courthouse Manual dates it as completed in 1863.) The building is a two-story brick courthouse with a stone foundation in the Greek Revival style. It is similar to many courthouses in Virginia, which is a result of the builders being from Virginia. It has Tuscan columns that are on top of one-story brick piers. The interior originally had a cross plan. The courtroom and judge's chambers are on the second floor, which are accessed by outside double stairways.
A new courthouse replaced this one in 1987. There were plans to demolish the building, but the citizens voted by more than a 2:1 margin to save it. It was restored in 1987–1989 with funding through a hotel/motel tax. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
