- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Marion County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1850
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Marion County
Courthouses--Georgia--Buena Vista - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Marion County, Buena Vista, 32.31904, -84.51714
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Vernacular with Neoclassical Revival alterations
Courthouse Details: It is not known what initially served as Marion County courthouse. An act of Dec. 17, 1828 appointed nine local citizens to serve as commissioners to select a county seat (Ga. Laws 1828, p. 155). Once that site was designated, the county's inferior court was directed to erect a courthouse and jail. Until such time, Marion County court sessions elections were to be held "at the usual place of holding courts and elections." It is believed that in 1829, a courthouse was built in the settlement of Horry (later renamed Marionville). After Tazewell was designated county seat in 1838, a new courthouse was built the following year. This wooden structure burned in 1845, and a new courthouse was built in 1848. In 1849 or 1850, Buena Vista was designated the new county seat, and a new two-story brick courthouse was completed in 1850. In 1928, a Neoclassical entrance with columns was added to the courthouse. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_marion-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_marion-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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