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 1892 - Paulding County Courthouse - Dallas, Georgia Posted by:  YoSam.
N 33° 55.430 W 084° 50.476
16S E 699550 N 3755809
This was the county courthouse from 1892 until 2008 when a new county complex was built west of downtown.
Waymark Code: WMT710
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2016
Views: 1
County of courthouse: Paulding County
Location of courthouse: Main St. & Memorial Drive, Dallas
Built: 1892
Today is Historical and Genealogical Society headquarters and libraries
"According to the 1832 legislation creating Paulding County, county elections and court sessions were to be held at the house of John Witcher until the county's inferior court should designate a county seat and provide for construction of a courthouse. At some point thereafter, a courthouse was built in the county seat of Van Wert -- but reportedly this structure later burned. Presumably, a second courthouse was built in Van Wert. Dallas became the new county seat in late Dec. 1851 or early 1852. Sometime between 1852 and 1855, Paulding County officials borrowed the money to build a new courthouse, as evidenced by an act of Feb. 16, 1856, authorizing the county to levy a special tax to pay off the courthouse debt (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 545). The present courthouse was built in 1892. The building was renovated 1956, 1984-85, and 1991. A new three-story, red brick courthouse annex was completed in 1990. In March 2001, the 1892 courthouse was the target of arson. Although the building survived, the district attorney's office was destroyed. As a result of the fire, Paulding County courts were forced to find meeting space outside the courthouse." ~ Georgia Almanac
Year of construction: 1892
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
Main stone right side:
DALLAS
PAULDING COUNTY
Erected 1892
Bruce & Morgan
Architects
Main stone left side:
H.G. SCROGGINS, ordinary
T.C. HOWELL.
J.R. MOON.
W.L. ROLLINS
Building Committee
laid by Dallas Lodge No. 182 F.& A.M.
June 18 A.L. 6892 - A.D. 1892
Rob't Moon
Aoting Crane Master
Left stone at tower widow:
Renovated 1956
Lowe T. Womack
County Ordinary
Southern Engineering Company
Harry E. Roos, Jr. Architect
E.P. Austin Construction CO.
Contractor
Right stone at window in tower:
RESTORATION AND ADDITIONS
1984 - 1985
Paulding County
Board of Commissioners
1985
L. Earl Dundan, Chairman
Roy Lee Strickland, Post 1
Jack M. Hart, Post 2
1984
Donald C. Watson, Chairman
Bobby Hollis, Post 1
Jack M. Hart, Post 2
"Together in Progress for Paulding"
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