{"nrhp_refnum":"80001012","name":"Dodge County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eastman","county":"Dodge County","state":"GA","lat":32.200958437000054,"lon":-83.17617549399995,"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 Neo-classical brick courthouse with stone trim on Courthouse Square in Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia, dated 1908 on the survey form. E. C. Hosford is named as architect/builder and M. L. Lewman & Co. as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the courthouse, set in its park-like square, is massive enough to serve as an architectural focal point for the city of Eastman. It is part of a thematic group of Georgia county courthouses. The form also notes distinctive courtroom arcades.","narrative":"Dodge County's courthouse in Eastman, Georgia, is a Neo-classical building of brick with stone trim, recorded with a 1908 construction date and a cost of $125,000. E. C. Hosford is named as architect and builder, with M. L. Lewman & Co. as contractor. The building is described as massive, compact and heavy. Its main entrance has four Doric columns beneath a full entablature and pediment, with a balcony above the entry. Colossal pilasters alternate with windows around the exterior, rectangular on the first floor and round-arched on the second. The original clock tower has been removed, and the interior has been partly modernized. In the courtroom, arcades separate the windows from the litigation and spectator sections. The courthouse sits in a park-like square, and its size makes it an architectural focal point for Eastman. It was included in a statewide group of Georgia courthouses. A county commissioner's note in 1979 stated that the building burned and was rebuilt in 1939.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E. C. Hosford (architect/builder); M. L. Lewman & Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good; some interior modernization has occurred and the original clock tower has been removed. A 1979 owner comment says the building burned and was rebuilt in 1939.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.289263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001012/5430ea4c20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001012/5430ea4c20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodge_County_Courthouse,_Eastman,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</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:Dodge_County_Courthouse,_Eastman,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205968","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5287853"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dodge-county/dodge-county-courthouse-80001012/"}