GeorgiaThe Harold R. Banke Justice Center at 9151 Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro is a modern Clayton County court complex, not a historic courthouse; completed in the fall of 2000 to a design by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum and funded by a local option sales tax, it spans more than ten acres, cost over $121 million, and houses sixteen courtrooms. It consolidated operations that had outgrown Clayton County's older courthouse on the Jonesboro square. That earlier square carries the county's dramatic history: the first county courthouse, a wood structure built in 1858, was burned in 1864 when Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick raided Jonesboro, and the town was the focus of the Battle of Jonesboro on August 31-September 1, 1864, in which Federal troops cut the railroad and sealed the fall of Atlanta. Jonesboro and its surroundings later became famous as a setting in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. A brick courthouse rose on the square in 1869 after the war, long before the modern justice center opened. None of these Civil War events occurred at the Banke center, which postdates them by well over a century.
HR Banke Justice Center
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
HR Banke Justice Center is a courthouse in Jonesboro, Clayton County. It is one of 75 historic sites cataloged in Clayton County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5062, -84.3569 near Jonesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is In Memoriam Fr. Emmeran Bliemel, O.S.B. Chaplain (historical marker), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mundy Cemetery, Battle Of Jonesborough, and Diverted Attack.
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 Harold R. Banke Justice Center at 9151 Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro is a modern Clayton County court complex, not a historic courthouse; completed in the fall of 2000 to a design by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum and funded by a local option sales tax, it spans more than ten acres, cost over $121 million, and houses sixteen courtrooms. It consolidated operations that had outgrown Clayton County's older courthouse on the Jonesboro square. That earlier square carries the county's dramatic history: the first county courthouse, a wood structure built in 1858, was burned in 1864 when Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick raided Jonesboro, and the town was the focus of the Battle of Jonesboro on August 31-September 1, 1864, in which Federal troops cut the railroad and sealed the fall of Atlanta. Jonesboro and its surroundings later became famous as a setting in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. A brick courthouse rose on the square in 1869 after the war, long before the modern justice center opened. None of these Civil War events occurred at the Banke center, which postdates them by well over a century.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggeorgiaencyclopedia.orgclaytonsheriff.com
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