GeorgiaThe court facility in Evans is a modern building, not a historic courthouse: after Evans grew into Columbia County's de facto seat of government in the 1980s and 1990s, voters approved a 1998 sales-tax measure to build a large courthouse annex beside the Government Center, with construction beginning in November 1999. Holding court there became possible only after Georgia changed a law in 1998 that had required superior court to sit at the historic county seat. The county's legal seat and its antebellum history remain in Appling, where the 1856 Columbia County Courthouse, whose core dates to 1812, still stands as one of the oldest working courthouses in Georgia. That older building, listed on the National Register in 1980, is where the county's court proceedings historically took place; the Evans center is a late-20th-century successor rather than the site of the county's early legal history.
Evans Justice Center
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Evans Justice Center is a courthouse in Evans, Richmond County. It is one of 2 courthouses documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5456, -82.1329 near Evans. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Baptist Church of Evans Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Artists Guild of Columbia County, Abilene Baptist Church Cemetery, and Evans Cemetery.
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 court facility in Evans is a modern building, not a historic courthouse: after Evans grew into Columbia County's de facto seat of government in the 1980s and 1990s, voters approved a 1998 sales-tax measure to build a large courthouse annex beside the Government Center, with construction beginning in November 1999. Holding court there became possible only after Georgia changed a law in 1998 that had required superior court to sit at the historic county seat. The county's legal seat and its antebellum history remain in Appling, where the 1856 Columbia County Courthouse, whose core dates to 1812, still stands as one of the oldest working courthouses in Georgia. That older building, listed on the National Register in 1980, is where the county's court proceedings historically took place; the Evans center is a late-20th-century successor rather than the site of the county's early legal history.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggeorgiaencyclopedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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