Fulton County Courthouse - Atlanta, GA
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The Fulton County Courthouse was completed in 1914 at a cost of $1,250,000, Fulton County had Georgia's first million-dollar courthouse. It was also the largest, surpassing in square footage even the Georgia state capitol.
Waymark Code: WM20HM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2007
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The Fulton County Courthouse was completed in 1914 at a cost of $1,250,000, Fulton County had Georgia's first million-dollar courthouse. It was also the largest, surpassing in square footage even the Georgia state capitol.
The courthouse was designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown (Morgan & Dillion, associate architects) and built in the Neoclassical Revival/Beaux Arts Classicism style. Due to Fulton County's growing population by the 1960s additional facilities were needed for the county's government. The courthouse occupied half of a square block, so a new six-story Fulton County Administration Building was built behind it to house county agencies, officials, and the Fulton County Commission. By the 1980s, however, county government had outgrown existing facilities, so in 1986 work began on a new Fulton County Government Center -- a large complex across the street from the entrance of the courthouse. Completed in 1989, this became the home for Fulton County administrative and legislative offices. In the mid-1990s, the old Administration Building was torn down and replaced by the nine-story Fulton County Justice Center Tower.
Street address:
County Courthouse
141 Pryor St. S.W.
Atlanta, GA USA
30301
County / Borough / Parish: Fulton
Year listed: 1980
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Government / Courthouse
Current function: Government / Courthouse, Government Office
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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