- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lee County Courthouse
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Don Bowman
- Date of Original:
- 2010
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Public buildings--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Pediments--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Domes--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Buildings--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)
Clocks and watches--Georgia--Leesburg
Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lee County, 31.77951, -84.14113
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The original Lee County Courthouse was built in Starksville, the county's first seat, around 1837. The courthouse burned between 1856 and 1858, and the seat was later moved to Leesburg, a thriving railroad town, in 1872.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/lee-county/lee-courthouse-bowman_001/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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