{"nrhp_refnum":"80000993","name":"Clinch County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 84","address_restricted":false,"city":"Homerville","county":"Clinch County","state":"GA","lat":31.036831371000062,"lon":-82.74863228199996,"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 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia, built in 1896 (date marked uncertain) and remodeled in 1936 and later, with a connected rear jail.","why_significant":"It is the third courthouse on its site, the earlier two having burned. The original 1896 portion is an unusual example of plain, utilitarian late-Victorian design at a time when more flamboyant courthouses were being built elsewhere. The 1936 Neoclassical additions reflect the early twentieth-century popularity of that style. It also serves as the repository of county records.","narrative":"Homerville's county courthouse in Clinch County, Georgia, is a rectangular, box-like two-story building of common-bond brick under a hipped roof, finished in stucco paint. It was built in 1896, though the date is marked as uncertain, and it is the third courthouse on its site, since the previous two burned. In 1936 a two-story portico of six square-sectioned columns and a balcony were added to the front, giving the plain original a Neoclassical face. Windows are flat-arched beneath the portico and round-arched elsewhere, and the cornice is corbelled brick. A smaller jail of similar design is attached at the rear. Inside, some original plaster walls and wood wainscoting remain. The original part is regarded as an unusual example of restrained, utilitarian late-Victorian design, built when showier courthouses were common elsewhere. The building holds marriage, will and land records, and it continues to serve as the county courthouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian functional with Neoclassical additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and still functioning as a courthouse, according to the form and a county commission letter.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.511113-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000993.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000993/718a871869-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000993/718a871869-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClinchCoCourthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:ClinchCoCourthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205934","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinch_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5133696"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clinch-county/clinch-county-courthouse-80000993/"}