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United States historic place
Bacon County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationMain St., Alma, Georgia
Coordinates31°32′28″N 82°27′46″W / 31.54111°N 82.46278°W / 31.54111; -82.46278
Arealess than one acre
Built1919–1920
Built byR.W. Wimbish
ArchitectJ.J. Baldwin
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSGeorgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.80000967
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1980

The Bacon County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse on Main Street in Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. It was designed by architect J. J. Baldwin and completed in 1920. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. The Rabinowitz Building was temporally used as the courthouse.

Courthouse after sundown

According to its National Register nomination, the courthouse is one of only two in Georgia whose main entrances face the corner of a block. The other is the Morgan County Courthouse in Madison, Georgia.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: a Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910 Wilber W. Caldwell Mercer University Press, 2001 613 pages
  3. "Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses, Architectural Survey: Bacon County Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved August 27, 2016.

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