GeorgiaCrisp County is a twentieth-century creation, established in 1905 with Cordele as its seat, and its red-brick courthouse in the center of town was built in 1950 to a design by Bernard A. Webb, with a four-column portico and a 1976 addition; when a newer judicial facility opened on the north side of Cordele in 2009, the older building was turned over to the Board of Commissioners and county offices. The surrounding downtown is recognized within Cordele's National Register historic district. The land itself holds an older claim to fame: in November 1864, as General Sherman's army marched toward Savannah, Confederate Governor Joseph E. Brown fled to his family farmhouse near present-day Cordele, and for a few days that rural house served as a temporary seat of Georgia's state government. That episode unfolded four decades before Crisp County or its courthouse existed, on the countryside that would later become the county rather than at the courthouse square.
Crisp County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Crisp County Courthouse is a courthouse in Cordele, Crisp County. It is one of 69 historic sites cataloged in Crisp County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.9734, -83.7820 near Cordele. The nearest cataloged historic site is Georgia Southern & Florida Railway (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Georgia & Albany Railway, Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway, and Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Crisp County is a twentieth-century creation, established in 1905 with Cordele as its seat, and its red-brick courthouse in the center of town was built in 1950 to a design by Bernard A. Webb, with a four-column portico and a 1976 addition; when a newer judicial facility opened on the north side of Cordele in 2009, the older building was turned over to the Board of Commissioners and county offices. The surrounding downtown is recognized within Cordele's National Register historic district. The land itself holds an older claim to fame: in November 1864, as General Sherman's army marched toward Savannah, Confederate Governor Joseph E. Brown fled to his family farmhouse near present-day Cordele, and for a few days that rural house served as a temporary seat of Georgia's state government. That episode unfolded four decades before Crisp County or its courthouse existed, on the countryside that would later become the county rather than at the courthouse square.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggeorgiaencyclopedia.orgcourthouses.co
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