National Register of Historic Places

Burke County Courthouse

Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia
Listed
September 17, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80000980

About this property

Burke County Courthouse in Waynesboro, Georgia is a "carpenter Romanesque" (perhaps a vernacular Romanesque Revival) building completed in 1857. It is one of just four courthouses in Georgia that were built in the 1850s and still serve as courthouses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. L.F. Goodrich is credited as the building's architect (likely for renovations or redesign work) and he also designed the Jenkins County Courthouse in Millen, Georgia. It is a two-story structure built of red brick that is covered with a gritty cement-like mixture "scored to look like very perfect brick"; this treatment does not appear on any other Georgia courthouse but does appear on the Hay House in Macon, Georgia. It has a clock tower that rises in five stages to a pyramidal roof with pedimented clocks. The building also has two winding staircases at the front of the building. A two-story annex was built in 1940 and joined by an open bridge on two levels at the rear of the building.

Location

Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia
33.09070, -82.01567

Categories

ECONOMICSLAWPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONS
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

Battle of Waynesboro (Wheeler vs. Kilpatrick)
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0.1 mi
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0.1 mi
Action at Waynesboro (Sherman's March)
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0.1 mi
Battle of Waynesborough Georgia (Wheeler's Defeat)
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When was Burke County Courthouse listed on the National Register?

Burke County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Burke County Courthouse?

Burke County Courthouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Burke County Courthouse?

The period of significance for Burke County Courthouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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