Clay County Courthouse (Georgia) Explained

Clay County Courthouse
Coordinates:31.6042°N -85.0484°W
Architecture:Carpenter
Added:September 18, 1980
Area:1acres
Mpsub:Georgia County Courthouses TR
Refnum:80000992

The Clay County Courthouse in Fort Gaines, Georgia was built in about 1871. It is a two-story brick building that "looks more like an antebellum plantation house than a courthouse." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It is described as "Carpenter style with Classic details". It is a two-story hipped-roof building. It has a portico with square columns and a balcony on the second floor, and it has colossal pilasters on each end of its facade.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80000992}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clay County Courthouse ]. National Park Service. August 15, 2017. With .