- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Monroe County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bruce & Morgan
- Date of Original:
- 1896
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Monroe County
Courthouses--Georgia--Forsyth - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Monroe County, Forsyth, 33.0343, -83.93824
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: High Victorian Eclectic
Seat Information: The Dec. 24, 1821 act organizing Monroe County authorized the justices of the inferior court to select the location of the county seat (Ga. Laws 1821, p. 44). An act of Dec. 23, 1822 designated the inferior court as a commission to select a county seat, "which shall be as near the centre of the county as convenience will admit" (Ga. Laws 1822, p. 23). Initially, the legislation directed that Monroe County courts and elections be held at the house of Henry H. Lumkin. Subsequently, those inferior court chose lot 171 in the sixth district of Monroe County. Here, they purchased 202.5 acres from John Booth on Feb. 18, 1823, and directed that a town be laid out. The new county seat was named Forsyth, in honor of Georgia politician and diplomat John Forsyth (1780-1840) In an act of Dec. 10, 1823, the legislature confirmed this action by designating Forsyth permanent county seat and incorporating it as a town (Ga. Laws 1823, p. 198).
Courthouse Details: Monroe County's first courthouse, built in Forsyth in 1825, served the county until torn down in 1895 or 1896. The present two-story, brick courthouse was completed in 1896. The clock tower was restored in 1990. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_monroe-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_monroe-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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