Emanuel County Courthouse

	Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The courthouse in 1951
Location	Main St., Swainsboro, Georgia
Coordinates	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 Emanuel County Courthouse in Swainsboro, Georgia serves Emanuel County. The current building is the county's seventh courthouse.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

The 1940 courthouse served as Emanuel County's justice building, replacing the 1920 courthouse that was destroyed in a 1938 fire.^[3] It was designed in Stripped Classical style by architects Dennis and Dennis.^[3] The courthouse was demolished in 2000,^[1] but a historical marker remains.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Emanuel County Courthouse - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^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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[:0-1] "Emanuel County Courthouse - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-3] 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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