Ben Hill County Courthouse
Ben Hill County Courthouse | |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000973[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1980 |
Ben Hill County Courthouse is the historic
History
Ben Hill County was created from parts of Irwin and Wilcox counties in 1907, and Fitzgerald was selected as the county seat.[2]
A bond was approved for the county courthouse by 1908, and Virginia architect Henry H. Huggins was selected as architect by the county commissioners from a group of fourteen proposals.[2] It was completed in 1909 at a cost of $50,000.[3] The building initially had a clock tower atop it, but it fell through to the ground-floor lobby sometime in the mid-20th century and was never replaced.[3][4]
A granite war memorial on the courthouse lawn reads: "In grateful appreciation of the boys of Ben Hill County who gave their service during the World War. Erected by Nathaniel Abney Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, Dec. 28, 1928."[4]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Wilber W. Caldwell, Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair, Mercer University Press 2001, p. 547.
- ^ a b Cam M. Jordan & Sherri K. Butler, Fitzgerald, Arcadia 2010, p. 67.
- ^ a b Milton N. Hopkins, Jr., Around Fitzgerald, Georgia in Vintage Postcards, Arcadia: 2001, p. 117.
External links
Media related to Ben Hill County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
