National Register of Historic Places

Spalding County Courthouse-Spalding County Jail

Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia
Listed
November 22, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00001389

About this property

Spalding County Courthouse has been the name of successive courthouses of Spalding County, Georgia in Griffin, Georgia. The first county courthouse, now also known as Old Spalding County Courthouse, was built in 1859. It was also used as the Spalding County Jail, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The building's address is 232 East Broad Street. It is a two-story painted-brick building. It was built by David Demarest (1811-1879), who also built the NRHP-listed Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro, Georgia. The building is on the corner of 5th Street and Broad Street. Constructed in 1859 for $12,000, it was located by the railroad tracks. Its steeple and clock tower were removed in 1910 and it was converted into a jail. It now houses the Spalding County Extension Service and 4H Offices. The second building to serve as the Spalding County Courthouse was at the corner of 6th and Solomon. It was designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown and completed in 1911. It was destroyed by fire on January 12, 1981. A shopping center was used as a temporary court and county office building until the new courthouse was built in 1982. The new courthouse was completed in 1985 by Baulding & Spandro. National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia Media related to Old Spalding County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons

Location

232 E. Broad St.
Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia
33.24978, -84.26058

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Spalding County Courthouse-Spalding County Jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 2000.

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Spalding County Courthouse-Spalding County Jail is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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