Emanuel County Courthouse

	Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The courthouse in 1951
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Location	Main St., Swainsboro, Georgia
Coordinates	32°35′48″N 82°20′4″W / 32.59667°N 82.33444°WCoordinates: 32°35′48″N 82°20′4″W / 32.59667°N 82.33444°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1940 (courthouse); 1912 (Sheriff Department)
Architect	Dennis and Dennis (courthouse); L.F. Goodrich (Sheriff Department)
Architectural style	Stripped Classical;
MPS	Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	95000715
Added to NRHP	June 14, 1995

The 2002 courthouse and current courthouse in 2016

The Emanuel County Courthouse in Swainsboro, Georgia serves Emanuel County. The current building is the county's eighth courthouse.

Former courthouse[]

The former courthouse in Swainsboro, built in 1940 and since demolished, and a sheriff department building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department.^[1] The Sheriff Department building, built in 1912, is a one-story Classical Revival building with a pedimented entrance portico. It was designed by Augusta, Georgia, architect L.F. Goodrich.^[2]

The courthouse served as Emanuel County's seventh justice building, replacing the 1920 courthouse that was destroyed in a 1938 fire.^[2] It was designed in Stripped Classical style by architects Dennis and Dennis.^[2] The courthouse was demolished in 2002,^{[citation needed]} but a historical marker remains.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Leslie N. Sharp (April 13, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. with six photos
^ Marker

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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Leslie N. Sharp (April 13, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. with six photos

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