- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Whitfield County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Contributor to Resource:
- JKH Architects, LLC
- Date of Original:
- 2004/2006
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Whitfield County
Courthouses--Georgia--Dalton - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Modern
Courthouse Details: Whitfield County's first courthouse was a wooden structure built in Dalton at some point after the county's creation in 1851. That building was burned by Sherman's forces in 1864. It is not clear what served as courthouse for the next 27 years, but in 1891 a new two-story brick was completed. Around 1960, this building was torn down and the present courthouse erected in its place in 1961. In later years, the Whitfield County Courthouse Annex was built directly across the street from the county courthouse. In November 2000, Whitfield County voters approved a 5-year $58 million special-purpose local option sales tax to relieve overcrowding in the county jail, expand the county courthouse, and fund a number of other projects. Approximately $29 million of the total was dedicated to a new courthouse and parking deck. Rather than tear down the 1961 courthouse, the county built the new courthouse to completely absorb the old structure. The result is a much larger and totally redesigned courthouse. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_whitfield-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_whitfield-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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