County of plaque: Gordon County
Location of plaque: Courthouse wall, Calhoun
Date of plaque: 1961
Plaque text:
GORDON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Erected
1961
By and for the people of Gordon County
JOHN H. SLAGLE
Commissioner of Roads and Revenues
Pet F. Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ordinary
Floyd Whittemore . . . . . . .Clerk of Superior Court
Hughdon Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheriff
W. O. Robertson . . . . . . . . . . Tax Commissioner
Wayne Achworth . . . . . . Superintendent of Schools
Cunningham & Forehand, architects
Gann Construction Company, contractors
Gordon County's first courthouse -- a two-story brick building -- was completed in 1852. This structure was destroyed by a severe storm in 1888. A new two-story brick courthouse with clock tower was built in 1889. This building served the county until 1961, when the present courthouse was completed.