- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Union County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Reynolds, Bailey, Vrooman; Pope/Pettefer
- Date of Original:
- 1976/1978
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Union County
Courthouses--Georgia--Blairsville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Union County, Blairsville, 34.8762, -83.95824
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Modern
Courthouse Details: The 1832 act creating Union County gave the new justices of the inferior court authority to select a county seat and erect a courthouse and other county buildings. Until that action was taken, elections and court sessions were to be held at the house of Isaac N. Greer. At some point, a log courthouse was built in Blairsville. It is believed to have burned in 1859 and was replaced by a two-story brick vernacular-style building, which served until it was destroyed by fire in 1898. In 1899, a new two-story courthouse with clock tower was built in the town square. In 1971, the courthouse was condemned as unsafe -- but residents were successful in convincing the county's sole commissioner not to tear the historic building down. Thereafter, county court sessions were held in the local civic center, while other county officials continued in the old courthouse or moved to rented office space in several downtown buildings. Subsequently, a site two blocks away was purchased for construction of a new Union County Office Building. This facility, completed in 1976, consisted of the entrance and area to the left of the building in the above photo. However, the new office building had no courtroom, so the civic center continued to serve as temporary courthouse until a judicial annex (the area to the right of the entrance) was constructed in 1978. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_union-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_union-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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