Jenkins County Courthouse-Millen, Georgia - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

It is not clear what served as courthouse for the first five years of Jenkins County's existence, but likely it was rented office space. Construction of the county's current courthouse was completed in 1910.

Text of the Georiga Historical Marker on the lawn:

Jenkins County was organized from territory cut from Burke, Screven, Bulloch, and Emanuel counties in 1905, and officially began its function as a new political unit on Jan. 1, 1906.

The first court house was completed in March, 1908 and burned Jan. 5, 1910. The present structure, essentially identical to the first, was rebuilt within the following two years. The building was designed by Lewis F. Goodrick of Augusta and its extravagant Italian Renaissance lines reflect something of the boundless optimism and pride of achievement of our early citizens.

Street address: Courthouse Square Millen, GA USA County / Borough / Parish: Jenkins Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Government-Courthouse Current function: Government-Courthouse Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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