{"nrhp_refnum":"74000688","name":"Haralson County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buchanan","county":"Haralson County","state":"GA","lat":33.80181977500007,"lon":-85.18974886599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Buchanan, Haralson County, Georgia, built in 1891-2 in the Queen Anne style and designed by the Atlanta firm of Bruce and Morgan.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most outstanding building in Haralson County and among the best Victorian courthouses in Georgia, noting its nearly original condition. It also served as a symbol of the county's progress and is a good example of Queen Anne style. Its architects, Bruce and Morgan, were noted for public buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1891-2 on Courthouse Square in Buchanan, the Haralson County Courthouse is a two-story brick building in the Queen Anne style. Atlanta architects Bruce and Morgan designed it, and C. W. Goldin of Alabama built it for $16,989.50. It replaced a wooden courthouse on the same site. Multi-hipped roofs, a tall corner tower, a small round turret, stained glass windows and terracotta and brickwork give it varied massing and materials. Inside, a central hall serves county offices with fireproof record rooms on the first floor, while a large courtroom occupies the second. The building is considered among the finest Victorian courthouses in Georgia and remains largely original, apart from a shifted staircase and a lost weathervane. It also served as a showpiece for a county promoting its progress. After county offices moved in 1973, the Haralson County Historical Society leased it, saving it from demolition, and it has hosted craft fairs and civic meetings.","period_of_significance":"1891-2","architect_builder":"Bruce and Morgan (Alexander C. Bruce and Thomas H. Morgan), architects; C. W. Goldin of Cleburne County, Alabama, contractor","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer used as a courthouse; leased to the Haralson County Historical Society as a meeting place after county offices moved to a new building in 1973. Condition listed as fair and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.260275-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000688.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000688/690c5834ea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000688/690c5834ea-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Calvin Beale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haralson_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Beale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haralson_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206226","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haralson_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686637"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/haralson-county/haralson-county-courthouse-74000688/"}