- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Coweta County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Golucke, J. W.
- Date of Original:
- 1904
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Coweta County
Courthouses--Georgia--Newnan - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Coweta County, Newnan, 33.38067, -84.79966
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Neoclassical Revival
Seat Information: The Dec. 11, 1826 act naming and organizing Coweta County provided that the first election of county officials take place on the first Monday in May 1827 at the house of James Caldwell (Ga. Laws 1826, p. 57). After that election, the justices of the county's inferior court were authorized to select a site for the county seat and provide for erection of a courthouse and other public buildings. However, until a county seat was designated, Coweta County superior and and inferior courts were to meet at the house of James Caldwell. On Dec. 20, 1828, the legislature designated Newnan county seat and incorporated it as a town (Ga. Laws 1828, p. 149). [On Dec. 26, 1823, the General Assembly had designated another town by the name of Newnan as county seat of Pike County. However, in 1825, the legislature moved Pike's county seat to Zebulon, after which Newnan vanished as a town.] Newnan was named for Gen. Daniel Newnan (1780-1851), who was Georgia's Secretary of State at the time Coweta County was created.
Courthouse Details: James Caldwell's house served as the initial courthouse of Coweta County. In 1828, Newnan was designated county seat, and a log courthouse was built here that year. This was replaced by a two-story brick courthouse in 1829. This building was torn down and replaced by the present courthouse in 1904. The structure was refurbished in 1975, retaining principal design features. The courthouse's interior and exterior were rehabilitated in 1989-90. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_coweta-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_coweta-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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