Courthouse

Brooks County Courthouse (Courthouse)

Quitman · Brooks County

The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.

The Story

Begun in 1859 and delayed by the Civil War until 1864, this Quitman courthouse was designed by John Wind and grandly remodeled in 1892 by Bruce & Morgan. It anchors a county that in 1864 saw an alleged slave-insurrection scare.

About this site

Brooks County Courthouse is a courthouse in Quitman, Brooks County. It is one of 67 historic sites cataloged in Brooks County on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.7853, -83.5600 near Quitman. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brooks County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brooks County Courthouse, Civil War Slave Conspiracy, and Brooks County Jail.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

Also at or near Quitman, Brooks County

“Brooks County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Brooks County. This page is the courthouse in Quitman. The others:

Brooks County Courthouse — Historic Place in Quitman

📍 30.7853, -83.5600 · Quitman, Brooks County

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Nearby in Brooks County

Brooks County Courthouse

Quitman

Historical Marker

Civil War Slave Conspiracy

Harris--Ramsey--Norris House