Old Banks County Courthouse

	Banks County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Photo by Calvin Beale
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Location	Off U.S. 441, Homer, Georgia
Coordinates	34°20′5″N 83°29′56″W / 34.33472°N 83.49889°WCoordinates: 34°20′5″N 83°29′56″W / 34.33472°N 83.49889°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1860
Built by	John Willis Pruitt, Samuel W. Pruitt
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	80000969
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1980

The Old Banks County Courthouse is in Homer, Georgia. Construction started in 1860 but was interrupted because of the American Civil War. Construction was paid for with $6,600 in Confederate money. Construction was finished in 1875. (The Georgia Courthouse Manual dates it as completed in 1863.) The building is a two-story brick courthouse with a stone foundation in the Greek Revival style. It is similar to many courthouses in Virginia, which is a result of the builders being from Virginia. It has Tuscan columns that are on top of one-story brick piers. The interior originally had a cross plan. The courtroom and judge's chambers are on the second floor, which are accessed by outside double stairways.

A new courthouse replaced this one in 1987. There were plans to demolish the building, but the citizens voted by more than a 2:1 margin to save it. It was restored in 1987–1989 with funding through a hotel/motel tax.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ The Georgia Courthouse Handbook

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] The Georgia Courthouse Handbook

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