GeorgiaBuilt in 1956 in the International Style by Harry E. Roos Jr. of Southern Engineering, this Douglasville landmark rose on the hilltop square where three earlier courthouses had stood, the last of them an 1896 brick building that burned in January 1956. Though it appears single-story from the front, it actually holds two floors and more than fifty rooms; when a new county courthouse opened in 1998 the old building was spared demolition and reopened as the Douglas County Museum of History and Art, earning a place on the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2002. The county's past also carries a darker chapter from the era of its earlier courthouse: in July 1885 a Black man named Peter Stamps was seized from lawmen by a large mob and lynched near the center of Douglasville, one of the racial-terror killings later documented in surveys of Georgia lynchings, and no one was ever prosecuted for it.
Douglas County Courthouse (Courthouse)
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Douglas County Courthouse is a courthouse in Douglasville, Douglas County. It is one of 22 historic sites cataloged in Douglas County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7434, -84.7305 near Douglasville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Roberts, Col. William T., House (historic place), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include OLD Courthouse, Douglas County Courthouse, and Douglas County.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Built in 1956 in the International Style by Harry E. Roos Jr. of Southern Engineering, this Douglasville landmark rose on the hilltop square where three earlier courthouses had stood, the last of them an 1896 brick building that burned in January 1956. Though it appears single-story from the front, it actually holds two floors and more than fifty rooms; when a new county courthouse opened in 1998 the old building was spared demolition and reopened as the Douglas County Museum of History and Art, earning a place on the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2002. The county's past also carries a darker chapter from the era of its earlier courthouse: in July 1885 a Black man named Peter Stamps was seized from lawmen by a large mob and lynched near the center of Douglasville, one of the racial-terror killings later documented in surveys of Georgia lynchings, and no one was ever prosecuted for it.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgpatch.comeji.org
“Douglas County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Douglas County. This page is the courthouse in Douglasville. The others:
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