GeorgiaThe Morgan County Courthouse in Madison was built in 1904-1905 in a Beaux-Arts style by J. S. Golucke and Company, with the Winder Lumber Company as builder, the county's third courthouse following structures of 1809 and 1845. Madison famously came through the Civil War intact: in November 1864 the left wing of General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea, under Major General Henry Slocum, passed through the county and burned a railroad depot, a cloth factory, cotton gins, and stores of baled cotton, yet the town itself was spared destruction, a reprieve long credited to the influence of Madison's prominent pro-Union senator Joshua Hill. The courthouse that stands today, with its giant-order Corinthian columns, richly detailed entablature, and domed cupola above a corner-portico entrance, was built four decades after the war and is a contributing building in Madison's National Register-listed historic district. It anchors a town square in one of Georgia's most celebrated antebellum-architecture towns and was renovated in 2005. The building remains the seat of Morgan County government.
Morgan County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Morgan County Courthouse is a courthouse in Madison, Morgan County. It is one of 112 historic sites cataloged in Morgan County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5958, -83.4663 near Madison. The nearest cataloged historic site is Morgan County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Charles Ross Mason, E.R. Lambert, and Morgan County Veterans Memorial Walk.
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 Morgan County Courthouse in Madison was built in 1904-1905 in a Beaux-Arts style by J. S. Golucke and Company, with the Winder Lumber Company as builder, the county's third courthouse following structures of 1809 and 1845. Madison famously came through the Civil War intact: in November 1864 the left wing of General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea, under Major General Henry Slocum, passed through the county and burned a railroad depot, a cloth factory, cotton gins, and stores of baled cotton, yet the town itself was spared destruction, a reprieve long credited to the influence of Madison's prominent pro-Union senator Joshua Hill. The courthouse that stands today, with its giant-order Corinthian columns, richly detailed entablature, and domed cupola above a corner-portico entrance, was built four decades after the war and is a contributing building in Madison's National Register-listed historic district. It anchors a town square in one of Georgia's most celebrated antebellum-architecture towns and was renovated in 2005. The building remains the seat of Morgan County government.
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