GeorgiaThe courthouse square in Camilla carries one of the darkest memories in Georgia's Reconstruction history: the Camilla Massacre of September 19, 1868, when white residents opened fire on a Black political procession marching from Albany to a Republican rally, killing roughly a dozen people and wounding about thirty. That violence unfolded decades before the present courthouse was raised. The current Mitchell County Courthouse was built in 1936 with Works Progress Administration funding to a design by Atlanta architect William J. J. Chase, an Art Deco / Stripped Classical building faced in white marble and the county's fourth courthouse after structures of 1858, 1870, and 1890. It stands as a contributing property in the Camilla Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The massacre and the courthouse together make the square a focus of the county's public memory. The building continues to serve as the seat of Mitchell County government.
Mitchell County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Mitchell County Courthouse is a courthouse in Camilla, Mitchell County. It is one of 28 historic sites cataloged in Mitchell County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.2316, -84.2091 near Camilla. The nearest cataloged historic site is Camilla Massacre (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mitchell County, The Spirit of Camilla, and Williams, Georgia, Nursing Home.
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 courthouse square in Camilla carries one of the darkest memories in Georgia's Reconstruction history: the Camilla Massacre of September 19, 1868, when white residents opened fire on a Black political procession marching from Albany to a Republican rally, killing roughly a dozen people and wounding about thirty. That violence unfolded decades before the present courthouse was raised. The current Mitchell County Courthouse was built in 1936 with Works Progress Administration funding to a design by Atlanta architect William J. J. Chase, an Art Deco / Stripped Classical building faced in white marble and the county's fourth courthouse after structures of 1858, 1870, and 1890. It stands as a contributing property in the Camilla Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The massacre and the courthouse together make the square a focus of the county's public memory. The building continues to serve as the seat of Mitchell County government.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggeorgiaencyclopedia.orgvanishinggeorgia.com
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