Webster County Courthouse (Georgia)

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Webster County Courthouse
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Location Preston, Georgia
Coordinates 32°03′58″N84°32′14″W / 32.06611°N 84.53722°W / 32.06611; -84.53722 Coordinates: 32°03′58″N84°32′14″W / 32.06611°N 84.53722°W / 32.06611; -84.53722
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1914
Built byShields, Geise, Rawlings
Architect T.F. Lockwood Sr.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 80001262 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980

Webster County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Preston, Georgia, the county seat for Webster County, Georgia.

It was built in 1915 and was designed in Neoclassical style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. It is located on Courthouse Square. It was designed by T.F. Lockwood, Sr. [2]

The courthouse is two stories and made of red brick. [3] The white cupola atop the building was added after the attack on Pearl Harbor and local civil defense volunteers stood watch on the cupola every day until the war's end. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Webster County Courthouse Georgia Info
  3. 1 2 William Schemmel, Georgia Curiosities, 3rd: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Globe Pequot, 2011), pp. 93-94.