GeorgiaBuilt in 1858 to designs by architect John Wind, the Thomas County Courthouse on North Broad Street in Thomasville is a three-story Greek Revival landmark that replaced earlier courthouses of 1827 and 1849. It was reshaped over the following decades: the original portico was enclosed in an 1888 remodeling, a clock was added to the cupola in 1909, flanking wings rose between 1918 and 1922, and a Classical Revival annex followed in 1937. The surrounding courthouse square, laid out with its landmark fountain in an 1887 civic improvement, remains the ceremonial heart of downtown Thomasville, a town that flourished in the late 1800s as a fashionable winter resort. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1970, and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It continues to serve as the working seat of Thomas County government.
Thomas County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Thomas County Courthouse is a courthouse in Thomasville, Thomas County. It is one of 113 historic sites cataloged in Thomas County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.8390, -83.9833 near Thomasville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ponder, Ephraim, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brandon, Dr. David, House, Thomas County Honors African-American Leaders, and Thomas County.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Built in 1858 to designs by architect John Wind, the Thomas County Courthouse on North Broad Street in Thomasville is a three-story Greek Revival landmark that replaced earlier courthouses of 1827 and 1849. It was reshaped over the following decades: the original portico was enclosed in an 1888 remodeling, a clock was added to the cupola in 1909, flanking wings rose between 1918 and 1922, and a Classical Revival annex followed in 1937. The surrounding courthouse square, laid out with its landmark fountain in an 1887 civic improvement, remains the ceremonial heart of downtown Thomasville, a town that flourished in the late 1800s as a fashionable winter resort. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1970, and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It continues to serve as the working seat of Thomas County government.
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