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

Built by King Lumber Co., Baldwin,J.J.

This Classical Revival courthouse is is a great example of early 1900's court house construction.

Text of Historical Marker on the grounds:

Candler County was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature July 17, 1914, out of portions of Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall Counties, and named for Gov. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910). Gov. Candler is famed for the preservation of Colonial and Confederate records and being the first compiler of State records. Among the first officers of Candler County were Ordinary George R. Trapnell, Sheriff Charles M. Harpen, Superior Court Clerk Joshua Everett, Tax Receiver O.L. Patterson, Tax Collector G.B. Hendricks, Surveyor J.D. McLean, Coroner T.D. Joiner and Treasurer Morgan Holloway.

Street address: Courthouse Sq. Metter, GA USA County / Borough / Parish: Candler 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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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/29/2009 Sprinterman visited it