United States, Georgia, Lumpkin County, Dahlonega, 34.53259, -83.98491Linley, John1975-08Located at: U.S. 19, Public Square, Dahlonega, Ga.Two-story rectangular brick Transitional Federal building on a brick foundation with metal gabled roof, featuring an unusual portico consisting of an open balcony entrance with balustrade above a stairway enclosed in brick walls. The portico features entablature and pediment supported by heroic Tuscan columns of stuccoed brick. The balcony entrance is framed by sidelights and a fanlight transom. Probably added in the mid-nineteenth century, the portico is crude with respect to the rest of the building, which is in the Federal style, and represents a vernacular version of Greek Revival.The roof has two oblique oval vents in the gable. The interior first floor has been remodeled several times. Originally the Lumpkin County Courthouse, the building is now a gold museum. The courthouse was built by contractor Ephraim Clayton of brick made locally on Colonel Baker's farm in Yahoolo Valley, which includes trace amounts of gold. The building served as the seat of Lumpkin county government from 1836 to 1965. It is the oldest public building in this section of Georgia. One of the most visited Historic Sites in Georgia, the building was restored as a State Historic Site and adapted for use as the Gold Museum. For more information see Linley, John. The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1982, p. 292.Slide annotated: "Lumpkin Co. Courthouse, Dahlonega, Ga."Date of structure: 1836.image/jpegForms part of: John Linley Collectionhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Clayton, EphraimBaker, Col.state of GeorgiaDecoration and ornament--Federal styleGreek Revival (Architecture)EuropeanBrickWood (plant material)County courthousesCourthousesPublic buildingsMuseumsExhibition buildingsHistoric sitesSitesArchitecture--Georgia--DahlonegaArchitecture--Georgia--Lumpkin CountyOld Lumpkin County Courthouse (Dahlonega, Ga.)Lumpkin County Courthouse (Dahlonega, Ga.)Lumpkin County Courthouse Gold Museum State Historic Site (Dahlonega, Ga.)Dahlonega Courthouse Gold Museum (Dahlonega, Ga.)StillImage