GeorgiaBuilt in 1825 on the square in Fayetteville, the Fayette County Courthouse is long celebrated as the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Georgia, a brick structure later finished in gray stucco and named, like the county, for the Marquis de Lafayette. Its clock tower was added during an 1888 enlargement carried out by the prominent Atlanta firm of Bruce and Morgan, the tower clock was installed in 1909, and the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Fayetteville's antebellum square left a literary mark as well: the town's Fayetteville Academy — attended by Margaret Mitchell's grandmother — is said to have inspired the girls' school Scarlett O'Hara attends in Gone with the Wind. The courthouse still hosts county functions and anchors a historic downtown about twenty miles south of Atlanta.
Fayette County Courthouse (Courthouse)
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Fayette County Courthouse is a courthouse in Fayetteville, Fayette County. It is one of 51 historic sites cataloged in Fayette County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4426, -84.4512 near Fayetteville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Governor Hugh M. Dorsey (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fayette County Courthouse, Fayette County, and The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House.
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 1825 on the square in Fayetteville, the Fayette County Courthouse is long celebrated as the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Georgia, a brick structure later finished in gray stucco and named, like the county, for the Marquis de Lafayette. Its clock tower was added during an 1888 enlargement carried out by the prominent Atlanta firm of Bruce and Morgan, the tower clock was installed in 1909, and the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Fayetteville's antebellum square left a literary mark as well: the town's Fayetteville Academy — attended by Margaret Mitchell's grandmother — is said to have inspired the girls' school Scarlett O'Hara attends in Gone with the Wind. The courthouse still hosts county functions and anchors a historic downtown about twenty miles south of Atlanta.
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“Fayette County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Fayette County. This page is the courthouse in Fayetteville. The others:
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