GeorgiaThe Tattnall County Judicial Annex is a modern building on the courthouse grounds in the center of Reidsville, housing the Superior Court courtrooms beside the county's historic courthouse, an 1902 Second Empire design by J. W. Golucke, Georgia's most prolific courthouse architect of the era, whose tower and mansard roof were removed in a 1960s remodeling. Reidsville's best-known institution lies just outside town: Georgia State Prison, opened in 1937 as the state's main maximum-security penitentiary, which held the electric chair from 1938 to 1964. During those years 256 people were executed there, among them Lena Baker in 1945, the only woman ever electrocuted in Georgia. Those executions were carried out at the prison, not at the Tattnall County courthouse, which handled the county's ordinary civil and criminal business. The historic courthouse still anchors the town square, with the modern annex supplementing its courtrooms.
Tattnall County Judicial Annex
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Tattnall County Judicial Annex is a courthouse in Reidsville, Tattnall County. It is one of 57 historic sites cataloged in Tattnall County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0873, -82.1189 near Reidsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tattnall County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Alexander Hotel, Smith--Nelson Hotel, and Wilds 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 Tattnall County Judicial Annex is a modern building on the courthouse grounds in the center of Reidsville, housing the Superior Court courtrooms beside the county's historic courthouse, an 1902 Second Empire design by J. W. Golucke, Georgia's most prolific courthouse architect of the era, whose tower and mansard roof were removed in a 1960s remodeling. Reidsville's best-known institution lies just outside town: Georgia State Prison, opened in 1937 as the state's main maximum-security penitentiary, which held the electric chair from 1938 to 1964. During those years 256 people were executed there, among them Lena Baker in 1945, the only woman ever electrocuted in Georgia. Those executions were carried out at the prison, not at the Tattnall County courthouse, which handled the county's ordinary civil and criminal business. The historic courthouse still anchors the town square, with the modern annex supplementing its courtrooms.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggeorgiaencyclopedia.orgtattnallcountyga.comcourthouses.co
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