{"nrhp_refnum":"80000965","name":"Appling County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Baxley","county":"Appling County","state":"GA","lat":31.778063062000058,"lon":-82.34922558099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Economics","Politics/Government","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Appling County Courthouse is a two-story Neo-Classical government building on Courthouse Square in Baxley, Georgia, built in 1907-08 at a cost of $50,000. H. L. Lewman is named as architect/builder and Falls City Construction Co. as contractor.","why_significant":"The survey form states that, as a repository for records of marriages, wills and land transactions, the courthouse chronicles the county and is a focal point in the life of every citizen. Staff notes also cite continued historic use and the surviving first-floor interior materials and features, including a cast spiral stair.","narrative":"Appling County Courthouse occupies a square of about two acres in Baxley, bounded on all four sides by roads. Built in 1907-08 for $50,000 to designs credited to H. L. Lewman, with Falls City Construction Co. as contractor, it is a two-story Neo-Classical building topped by an octagonal domed clock tower. The facade has a two-story, four-column Corinthian portico with a pediment and an oculus, set between end pavilions. Side elevations have central pedimented pavilions with Corinthian pilasters, and the walls show banded rustication in limestone and concrete. Inside, a cross plan keeps all four entrances open, and Georgia marble wainscoting rises 56 inches on the first floor. A red brick jail added at the rear in 1967 is considered non-historic. The courthouse was listed because it holds the county's records of marriages, wills and land transactions, serves as a focal point of civic life, and still has its historic use and key interior features.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. L. Lewman (architect/builder); Falls City Construction Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good; the form notes continued historic use, and a non-historic jail and administration building stands on the site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.945303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000965.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000965/8c85c192ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000965/8c85c192ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appling_County_Courthouse,_Baxley,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appling_County_Courthouse,_Baxley,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appling_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16160695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/appling-county/appling-county-courthouse-80000965/"}