- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Gilmer County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 2007/2008
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Gilmer County
Courthouses--Georgia--Ellijay - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gilmer County, Ellijay, 34.69481, -84.48215
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Courthouse Details: The Dec. 1832 act creating Gilmer County provided that "the place where Ned Tucker recently lived" would serve as the county's initial courthouse and place for holding elections. The law also authorized an election of county officials in March 1833 and provided that the first justices of inferior court select the county seat of Gilmer County and provide for erection of a courthouse and other county buildings. That year, the inferior court chose Ellijay as county seat and had a wooden courthouse built here. In 1854, a new courthouse was built, which would serve the county for the next 80 years. In 1898, the Hyatt Hotel was constructed facing the downtown square in Ellijay. The two-story brick building was converted for use as the Gilmer County courthouse in 1934. Later, a private brick home across the street from the courthouse was purchased and converted into a courthouse annex and home for the Gilmer County Commission. In March 2003, the county fire marshall condemned the Gilmer County courthouse because of extensive code violatiions. The building was closed on March 27, forcing the county to find alternative facilities for courts and county officials who had been housed in the courthouse.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_gilmer-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_gilmer-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
