GeorgiaThe historic Effingham County Courthouse in Springfield was built in 1908-1909 for about $40,000 to designs by Savannah architect Hyman C. Whitcover, who gave it a Neoclassical composition with Palladian details; it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. Its construction followed the arrival of George Mills Brinson's railroad through the county in 1907. Springfield was only Effingham's fourth seat of government: earlier centers included colonial Ebenezer, the Salzburger settlement near the Savannah River that during the Revolutionary War was seized and heavily fortified by British troops, who used its church as a hospital and burned its pews for firewood before American forces retook the town in 1782. The county seat moved to Springfield in 1799, and the 1908 courthouse served until the Effingham County Judicial Complex replaced it in 2007.
Effingham County Courthouse (Courthouse)
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Effingham County Courthouse is a courthouse in Springfield, Effingham County. It is one of 81 historic sites cataloged in Effingham County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.3732, -81.3151 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Effingham County Veterans Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Effingham County, Confederate Memorial, and Effingham County Jail.
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 Effingham County Courthouse in Springfield was built in 1908-1909 for about $40,000 to designs by Savannah architect Hyman C. Whitcover, who gave it a Neoclassical composition with Palladian details; it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. Its construction followed the arrival of George Mills Brinson's railroad through the county in 1907. Springfield was only Effingham's fourth seat of government: earlier centers included colonial Ebenezer, the Salzburger settlement near the Savannah River that during the Revolutionary War was seized and heavily fortified by British troops, who used its church as a hospital and burned its pews for firewood before American forces retook the town in 1782. The county seat moved to Springfield in 1799, and the 1908 courthouse served until the Effingham County Judicial Complex replaced it in 2007.
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“Effingham County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Effingham County. This page is the courthouse in Springfield. The others:
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