GeorgiaHart County holds a distinction found nowhere else in Georgia: it is the only county in the state named for a woman, the Revolutionary War frontier heroine Nancy Morgan Hart, remembered for capturing a band of Tory raiders at her cabin. The county's landmark third courthouse in Hartwell was designed by J. W. Golucke, Georgia's most prolific courthouse architect, with its cornerstone laid in August 1901 and the two-story Neoclassical building finished in 1902; contractor W. W. McAfee oversaw the work after fire destroyed the previous courthouse in 1900. Fire proved a recurring foe on the square, and the Golucke courthouse itself burned in 1967, forcing construction of the present building. Golucke was credited with more than two dozen Georgia county courthouses before his death in 1907. Hartwell and Hart County both take their names from Nancy Hart, a rare double honor in the state.
Hart County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Hart County Courthouse is a courthouse in Hartwell, Hart County. It is one of 88 historic sites cataloged in Hart County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.3530, -82.9324 near Hartwell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hart County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Broken V, Gulley--Vickery--Blackwell House, and Pure Oil Service Station.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Hart County holds a distinction found nowhere else in Georgia: it is the only county in the state named for a woman, the Revolutionary War frontier heroine Nancy Morgan Hart, remembered for capturing a band of Tory raiders at her cabin. The county's landmark third courthouse in Hartwell was designed by J. W. Golucke, Georgia's most prolific courthouse architect, with its cornerstone laid in August 1901 and the two-story Neoclassical building finished in 1902; contractor W. W. McAfee oversaw the work after fire destroyed the previous courthouse in 1900. Fire proved a recurring foe on the square, and the Golucke courthouse itself burned in 1967, forcing construction of the present building. Golucke was credited with more than two dozen Georgia county courthouses before his death in 1907. Hartwell and Hart County both take their names from Nancy Hart, a rare double honor in the state.
Sources: courthouses.cogeorgiaencyclopedia.orggeorgiahistory.comhartcountyga.gov
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