Bleckley County Courthouse

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Bleckley County Courthouse
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LocationCourthouse Sq., Cochran, Georgia
Coordinates 32°23′15″N83°21′20″W / 32.38750°N 83.35556°W / 32.38750; -83.35556
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
Built byLittle, Cleckler Construction Co.
Architect J.J. Baldwin
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 80000975 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980

Bleckley County Courthouse is the historic county courthouse of Bleckley County. It is located at Second Street on Courthouse Square in the county seat of Cochran. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.

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History

Bleckley County was formed in 1912. [2] The county jail and courthouse were erected the following year. [2] The county courthouse opened on January 1, 1914, and has continuously been the county's courthouse since. [2] The courthouse predates the city hall and city auditorium, which were built in 1928. [2]

The architect J.J. Baldwin of the architectural firm of Gayre & Baldwin designed the courthouse, one of eight Georgia courthouses designed by Baldwin. The building is in the Classical Revival style. [3] It is made of brick, with white columns and stone trim. [4] Wilbur W. Caldwell writes that while the building it "pleasant and serviceable ... it lacks exuberance and flair," and it is one indication that by 1912, "the age of flamboyant courthouse building was over in Georgia," as county courthouse design became more restrained. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 William Lonnie Barlow, Bleckley County, Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 7-10.
  3. The New Georgia Guide, University of Georgia Press, 1996, p. 486
  4. 1 2 Wilbur W. Caldwell, The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair, Mercer University Press, 2001, p. 245.