- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Sumter County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Smith, E. Oren
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Sumter County
Courthouses--Georgia--Americus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Modern
Courthouse Details: The Dec. 26, 1831 legislation creating Sumter County designated the house of John Kimmy, in the twenty seventh district, as the temporary courthouse of the new county. How long this served as courthouse is not known. Reportedly, John R. Moore was paid $950 in 1834 to build a new courthouse but in July 1834 fled the county with the money. In 1839, a two-story, wood-frame courthouse was completed in the center of the town square. In 1853, this structure was moved to the west side of Jackson St., and a new brick courthouse built in its place. In 1883, the General Assembly authorized a referendum to be held in Sumter County to allow the county to borrow up to $30,000 to construct a new courthouse (Ga. Laws 1882-83, p. 656). The results of the referendum, which required approval of two-thirds of those voting, are not known, but in 1887 work began on a new courthouse at the corner of Forsyth and Lee streets. This building, designed by Atlanta architects Bruce & Morgan, was completed in May 1888 and served until May 1959, when the present courthouse was completed. Subsequently, the former courthouse was torn down. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_sumter-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_sumter-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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