Taylor County Courthouse - Butler, Georgia
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Sprinterman
N 32° 33.428 W 084° 14.231
16S E 759415 N 3605559
Located on Main Street in Butler, GA.
Waymark Code: WM7MJW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2009
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"The act creating Taylor County provided that until a courthouse could be built, the Fifty Mile Station on the Muscogee Railroad would serve as temporary courthouse. Sometime thereafter, a new courthouse was built in Butler. This building was torn down in 1935 and replaced by the current courthouse.
The courthouse is Neoclassical Revival with a Colonial Revival clock tower.
Designer: F. Roy Duncan"
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Text of the Georgia Historical Marker located on the lawn:
Taylor County was created by Act of Jan. 15, 18522 from parts of Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties. It was named for Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the U.S., Major-General, Commander of the Army of the Rio Grande. Known as `Old Rough and Ready,` he captured Monterrey, Sept. 24, 1846 and defeated Santa Anna at Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847.
First officers of Taylor County, commissioned July 24, 18532 were: J.M. Thompson, Sheriff; J.M. McCants, Clerk Sup. Ct.; James T. Harmon, Clerk Inf. Ct.; A. Rhodes, Tax Rec.; Charles Loyd, Tax Col; J.B. Hamilton, Ordinary; C. Stewart, Coroner; Jonathan Stewart, Surveyor.