- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Hart County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1971
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Hart County
Courthouses--Georgia--Hartwell - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hart County, Hartwell, 34.35288, -82.93209
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Modern
Seat Information: The act creating Hart County provided that the initial election of county officials take place on the first Monday in Feb. 1854. The first justices of the county's inferior court were authorized to select a site for the county seat, to purchase land, and to arrange for construction of a courthouse. Until a courthouse was built, the act directed that elections and county business be conducted at the Line Meeting House. At some point in 1854 or 1855, the inferior court selected the town of Hartwell as county seat. The legislature incorporated Hartwell on Feb. 26, 1856 (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 382)
Courthouse Details: Hart County's first courthouse was a two-story, wooden structure built in 1854. On Mar. 6, 1856, the legislature authorized Hart County to levy a special tax to fund construction of a new courthouse in Hartwell (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 541). The new courthouse was used until 1900, when it was destroyed by fire. A third courthouse was built in 1902 and served until it burned in 1967. The present courthouse was completed in 1971. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_hart-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_hart-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
