{"nrhp_refnum":"80000983","name":"Camden County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4th and Camden Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodbine","county":"Camden County","state":"GA","lat":30.968280186000072,"lon":-81.72076292299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Law","Politics/Government","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick county courthouse at Fourth and Camden Avenue in Woodbine, Camden County, Georgia, built in 1928 to designs by J. de Bruyn Kops, with McGowan & Ramsey as contractor.","why_significant":"The form states it is the only 20th century Gothic Revival courthouse in Georgia. Its picturesque architecture and its setting on a square of scrub pines and palm trees are also cited as significant.","narrative":"Camden County's courthouse in Woodbine is a two-story brick building completed in 1928 from plans by J. de Bruyn Kops, with McGowan & Ramsey as contractor. It uses Gothic elements in a free manner. The three-bay facade has a wide rectangular entrance porch topped with battlements, a pair of rectangular windows above it, label lintels over the windows, and a parapet with crow steps along the roofline. The side elevation has a tall, stepped center gable flanked by wings, with a round-arched window and emphasized keystone at the center of the second story. Inside, paneling and acoustical tile have been added, and the courtroom balcony has been enclosed. The building occupies a two-acre block shared with the adjacent jail, set among scrub pines and palm trees. Its listing rests on its distinctive architecture: it is described as the only 20th century Gothic Revival courthouse in Georgia, and its picturesque setting is also noted. The condition is described as good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J. de Bruyn Kops (architect); McGowan & Ramsey (contractor)","architectural_style":"20th Century Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good. The interior has been altered with added paneling and acoustical tile, and the courtroom balcony has been enclosed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.004477-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000983/e22c46c5ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000983/e22c46c5ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Woodbine_old_Courthouse01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Woodbine_old_Courthouse01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205900","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16896097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/camden-county/camden-county-courthouse-80000983/"}