Taliaferro County Courthouse - Crawfordville, GA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Location: Crawfordville

Date Built: 1902

Architectural Style: High Victorian

Designer: Lewis F. Goodrich

Other Information: This is only the county's second courthouse. The first was erected in 1828; it was torn down in 1901 to make way for the present courthouse, completed in 1902.

County History: Taliaferro (pronounced "Tol-i-ver") County was established on Dec. 24, 1825 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1825, p. 58). Created from portions of Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes counties, Georgia's 69th county was named for Col. Benjamin Taliaferro, who served in Revolutionary War and the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1802).

County Seat: Crawfordville [incorporated in 1826 and named for former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury William H. Crawford].

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Street address: 113 Monument St Crawfordville, GA usa 00000 County / Borough / Parish: Taliaferro Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Government: Courthouse Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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