- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Laurens County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cunningham and Forehand
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Laurens County
Courthouses--Georgia--Dublin - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Laurens County, Dublin, 32.54044, -82.90375
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Courthouse Details: The current courthouse is the fourth courthouse in Laurens County history. At the time of the county's creation in Dec. 1807, there was no county seat or courthouse. The act creating Laurens County provided that courts and public business initially be held at the house of Peter Thomas (Ga. Laws 1807, p. 3). Sumterville was designated county seat in 1809, but it is not clear what served as courthouse. The legislature moved the county seat to Sand Bar on the Oconee River in 1810, and then to Dublin in 1811. A temporary courthouse was built in 1811 in either Sand Bar or Dublin. At some point after Dublin became county seat, a two-story courthouse was built. The third Laurens County courthouse -- a large, two-story brick structure with imposing clock tower -- was built in 1895. This building served until a new one-story courthouse was constructed in 1962.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_laurens-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_laurens-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
