- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Montgomery County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Blair, Alexander
- Date of Original:
- 1907
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Montgomery County
Courthouses--Georgia--Mount Vernon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Montgomery County, Mount Vernon, 32.17851, -82.59458
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Neoclassical Revival
Courthouse Details: The 1793 act creating Montgomery County provided the court sessions be held at the residence of William Neal until a courthouse and jail could be erected. A 1797 act provided that the courthouse, jail, and other county business be held at the plantation of Arthur Lott. How long Lott's plantation home served as courthouse is not known. In 1813, the legislature designated Mt. Vernon as county seat, and at some point a courthouse was built. Likely, it was a small frame building, for in 1836 the legislature authorized the clerks of superior and inferior court to keep their offices at any place within one mile of the courthouse. In 1838, the legislature authorized the inferior court to levy a special tax to build a jail and repair the courthouse. Presumably, several courthouses were constructed during the 19th century. Montgomery County's current courthouse was completed in 1907 and substantially rehabilitated in 1991-92. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_montgomery-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_montgomery-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
