GeorgiaThe current Ware County Courthouse in Waycross was built in 1957 of Georgia marble to designs by William J.J. Chase & Associates, blending modern massing with stripped-classical detailing; it is the fifth courthouse to serve the county, in a line of buildings reaching back to 1825. It should not be confused with Waycross's separate U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, a 1911 federal building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Ware County, one of Georgia's largest by area, was created from Appling County in 1824 and named for U.S. senator Nicholas Ware; its seat, Waycross, grew into a busy railroad junction at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. The county courthouse remains the working seat of Ware County government.
Ware County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Ware County Courthouse is a courthouse in Waycross, Ware County. It is one of 40 historic sites cataloged in Ware County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.2145, -82.3554 near Waycross. The nearest cataloged historic site is Senator Nicholas Ware (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ware Court House, Nancy Hart Highway, and The Wildes Massacre.
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 current Ware County Courthouse in Waycross was built in 1957 of Georgia marble to designs by William J.J. Chase & Associates, blending modern massing with stripped-classical detailing; it is the fifth courthouse to serve the county, in a line of buildings reaching back to 1825. It should not be confused with Waycross's separate U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, a 1911 federal building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Ware County, one of Georgia's largest by area, was created from Appling County in 1824 and named for U.S. senator Nicholas Ware; its seat, Waycross, grew into a busy railroad junction at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. The county courthouse remains the working seat of Ware County government.
Sources: georgiaencyclopedia.orgcourthouses.coen.wikipedia.org
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