- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Macon County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1894
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Macon County
Courthouses--Georgia--Oglethorpe - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Macon County, Oglethorpe, 32.29377, -84.06102
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Courthouse Details: The 1837 act creating Macon County directed that until a county seat was selected, county business would take place at the house of Walter L. Campbell. In 1837, the first courthouse was built in Lanier. This courthouse burned in 1857 just after a referendum was approved to move the county seat to Oglethorpe. The 1856 act calling for the referendum authorized the county to levy a special tax to build a new courthouse. Details about Macon County's second courthouse are unclear, but it was probably completed in the late 1850s. This building was replaced in 1894 by the present courthouse.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_macon-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_macon-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
