Lee County Courthouse (Georgia) Explained

Lee County Courthouse
Location:Courthouse Sq., Leesburg, Georgia
Coordinates:31.7325°N -84.1711°W
Built:1917
Architect:J.J. Baldwin
Builder:Wimbish, R.W.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 18, 1980
Mpsub:Georgia County Courthouses TR
Refnum:80001104

Lee County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in on Courthouse Square in Leesburg, Georgia, the county seat of Lee County, Georgia. It was designed by J.J. Baldwin in Neoclassical Revival architecture and built in 1918.[1]

The building has a Doric tetrastyle entrance. It has a small square domed clock tower. The interior of the building has a cross plan, with four entrances. There are additions to the building in the rear. A staircase leads to the courtroom on the second floor, which was wood paneling and plaster walls.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Notes and References

  1. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/courthouses/leeCH.htm Lee County Courthouse
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80001104}} Thematic National Register Nomination, Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Lee County Courthouse ]. National Park Service. 1980 . February 3, 2017 .