The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
The Chattooga County Courthouse in Summerville was built in 1909 at a cost of about $60,000 to replace the county's original 1840 courthouse, its cornerstone laid in a Masonic ceremony that July. The Neoclassical Revival building is admired for a stained-glass window bearing the Great Seal of Georgia, and for more than a century it has been the hub of Summerville's courthouse-square civic life. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.
Chattooga County Courthouse is a courthouse in Summerville, Chattooga County. It is one of 58 historic sites cataloged in Chattooga County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.4805, -85.3484 near Summerville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chattooga County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chattooga County, Summerville Depot, and Summerville, Georgia.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Chattooga County Courthouse in Summerville was built in 1909 at a cost of about $60,000 to replace the county's original 1840 courthouse, its cornerstone laid in a Masonic ceremony that July. The Neoclassical Revival building is admired for a stained-glass window bearing the Great Seal of Georgia, and for more than a century it has been the hub of Summerville's courthouse-square civic life. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgchattoogahistory.orgnpgallery.nps.gov
“Chattooga County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Chattooga County. This page is the courthouse in Summerville. The others:
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