- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Houston County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- HDR Architecture; JMA Architecture; Hayes, Michael + Associates Architecture
- Date of Original:
- 2000/2002
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Houston County
Courthouses--Georgia--Perry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Perry, 32.45821, -83.73157
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Courthouse Details: An act of Dec. 24, 1821 organizing Houston (pronounced "HOUSE - ton") County authorized the five justices of the county's inferior court to select a county seat and provide for erection of a courthouse and jail (Ga. Laws 1821, p. 44). Until a courthouse could be build, court sessions were to be held at such places as designated by the inferior court. It is not clear what served as Houston County courthouse for the next three decades. In March 1856, the legislature authorized Houston County to levy a special tax in 1856 and 1857 to finance construction of a new courthouse and jail (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 547). This new courthouse may be the one seen in a photograph taken at some time prior to 1900. This structure was replaced by a new courthouse in 1948. Because of the need for a larger and more modern facility, Houston County voters approved a special-purpose local option sales tax to fund construction of a new courthouse in Perry. Construction of the new courthouse began in 2000, with the new courthouse dedicated in November 2002.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_houston-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_houston-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
