GeorgiaThe historic Dade County Courthouse in Trenton, a two-story brick building marked by distinctive stepped gables, was completed in 1926 to a design by Polish-immigrant architect George Szymanski and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Its predecessors on the square met violent ends: the first courthouse burned in 1853, and a later one was put to the torch by Union forces in November 1863 during the Chattanooga Campaign, a fire that consumed the building along with the jail and the county's early records. Isolated in Georgia's far northwestern corner, Dade County nurtured a proud legend of independence, symbolically seceding as the self-styled Independent State of Dade and staging a ceremonial return to the Union only in a 1945 ceremony. The 1926 courthouse has since been restored to serve as both a working courthouse and a county museum on the Trenton square.
Dade County Courthouse (Courthouse)
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Dade County Courthouse is a courthouse in Trenton, Dade County. It is one of 45 historic sites cataloged in Dade County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8713, -85.5120 near Trenton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Trenton (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Dade County Courthouse, Dade County, and Trenton Cemetery.
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 historic Dade County Courthouse in Trenton, a two-story brick building marked by distinctive stepped gables, was completed in 1926 to a design by Polish-immigrant architect George Szymanski and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Its predecessors on the square met violent ends: the first courthouse burned in 1853, and a later one was put to the torch by Union forces in November 1863 during the Chattanooga Campaign, a fire that consumed the building along with the jail and the county's early records. Isolated in Georgia's far northwestern corner, Dade County nurtured a proud legend of independence, symbolically seceding as the self-styled Independent State of Dade and staging a ceremonial return to the Union only in a 1945 ceremony. The 1926 courthouse has since been restored to serve as both a working courthouse and a county museum on the Trenton square.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgdadecounty-ga.govdadecountyhb.wordpress.com
“Dade County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Dade County. This page is the courthouse in Trenton. The others:
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