Bacon County Courthouse Explained

Bacon County Courthouse
Location:Main St., Alma, Georgia
Coordinates:31.5411°N -82.4628°W
Built:1919–1920
Architect:J.J. Baldwin
Builder:R.W. Wimbish
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 18, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80000967

The Bacon County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse on Main Street in Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. It was designed by architect J. J. Baldwin and completed in 1920.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. The Rabinowitz Building was temporally used as the courthouse.

According to its National Register nomination, the courthouse is one of only two in Georgia whose main entrances face the corner of a block. The other is the Morgan County Courthouse in Madison, Georgia.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EGyf7XQeWEIC&dq=%22Bacon+County+COurthouse%22+georgia&pg=PA547 The Courthouse and the Depot
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80000967}} Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses, Architectural Survey: Bacon County Jail ]. National Park Service. August 27, 2016 .