GeorgiaThis record corresponds to DeKalb County's modern judicial complex east of the Decatur square rather than the historic courthouse on the square itself. An earlier courthouse there played a direct part in the Civil War: during the Battle of Decatur on July 22, 1864 — fought as the much larger Battle of Atlanta raged a few miles west — Confederate cavalry under General Joseph Wheeler charged through the town, and hot fighting swirled around the brick courthouse that then stood on the square, which survived the war and was demolished in 1898. Its successors, a 1898-1900 building by J. W. Golucke rebuilt in 1917-1918 by Walker & Chase after a September 1916 fire, served the county until 1967 and today house the DeKalb History Center. The contemporary DeKalb County buildings named in this record are steel, concrete, and glass structures that hold the county's active Superior, State, and Juvenile courts.
DeKalb County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
DeKalb County Courthouse is a courthouse in Decatur, DeKalb County. It is one of 2 courthouses documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7740, -84.2973 near Decatur. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lynching in America / Lynching in DeKalb County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Decatur, Garrard’s Cavalry Raid, and The Stoneman Raid.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This record corresponds to DeKalb County's modern judicial complex east of the Decatur square rather than the historic courthouse on the square itself. An earlier courthouse there played a direct part in the Civil War: during the Battle of Decatur on July 22, 1864 — fought as the much larger Battle of Atlanta raged a few miles west — Confederate cavalry under General Joseph Wheeler charged through the town, and hot fighting swirled around the brick courthouse that then stood on the square, which survived the war and was demolished in 1898. Its successors, a 1898-1900 building by J. W. Golucke rebuilt in 1917-1918 by Walker & Chase after a September 1916 fire, served the county until 1967 and today house the DeKalb History Center. The contemporary DeKalb County buildings named in this record are steel, concrete, and glass structures that hold the county's active Superior, State, and Juvenile courts.
Sources: dekalbhistory.orgen.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.orghmdb.org
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