Stewart County Courthouse
Historical Marker
Located at the Courthouse, Lumpkin, Ga.
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COUNTY COURTHOUSE
This handsome structure was
built in 1895 in the Classical style made popular by the buildings
housing the Columbia Exposition in Chicago (1893-94) to which
Lumpkin-born architect John Wellborn Root was a major contributor.
It replaced a wooden courthouse built on the same site in 1837.
The first seat of county government in 1831 was a small frame
structure elsewhere on this square. In 1922 a fire destroyed
the interior of the present building which was rebuilt in fire
resistant materials. Fully refurbished in 1985, the building
contains county offices, the Superior Court and virtually complete
county records.
ERECTED BY THE
HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
AND THE STEWART
COUNTY COMMISSION 1986
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