- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- McDuffie County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1872
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--McDuffie County
Courthouses--Georgia--Thomson - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Courthouse Details: The 1870 legislation creating McDuffie County provided that the county's ordinary [probate judge] was to select a lot in Thomson on which to build a courthouse and jail. Until a courthouse could be built, county officials rented the first two floors of the Masonic building for holding court. In Aug. 1872, the legislature authorized the ordinary to issue bonds up to $15,000 to finance construction of a courthouse and jail, with the county to levy a special tax to repay the bondholders. Subsequently, a courthouse was erected, which remains in use today. Wings were added and the courtroom was enlarged in 1934. Elevators and stairs were part of a major renovation in 1970.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_mcduffie-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_mcduffie-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
