The Fannin County Courthouse, built in 1937, is an historic courthouse building located in Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States. It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Georgia, two in Florida and nine in South Carolina well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.[3] On June 8, 1995, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Fannin County Courthouse | |
 Old Fannin County Courthouse | |
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| Location | Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°51′49″N 84°19′38″W / 34.86361°N 84.32722°W |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Edwards, Sayward & Robert B. Logan Associates;[2] builder W. P. Marshall |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000716 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 8, 1995 |
In 2004 it was replaced by a new courthouse built next door. It is now leased as Georgia Mountain Center for the Arts.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Historic Resources of Northwest Georgia, p. 6 - accessible only through Internet Explorer
- ^ "University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Vinson Institute: courthouses in Georgia: Fannin". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Vinson Institute: courthouses in Georgia: Old Fannin". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-04-12.