{"nrhp_refnum":"80001013","name":"Dooly County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 27","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vienna","county":"Dooly County","state":"GA","lat":32.09107142800008,"lon":-83.79750769499998,"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 red brick county courthouse with Georgia granite trim in Vienna, Dooly County, Georgia, built in 1890 to designs by W. H. Parkins, with J. P. Heard as contractor, at a cost of $25,000.","why_significant":"The courthouse is presented as an architectural focal point designed by W. H. Parkins, whose work is covered in a separate general statement. It also holds official records, land transactions and road construction records, so it chronicles the county and is central to the life of every citizen.","narrative":"Dooly County's courthouse in Vienna, Georgia, is a Romanesque-style building of red brick with Georgia granite trim, built in 1890 for $25,000. W. H. Parkins designed it and J. P. Heard served as contractor. The two-story structure faces a central square and is asymmetrically massed. Its facade combines a center entrance porch with a plain gable, a truncated tower with a granite-banded turret, and a rectangular clock tower rising in four stages to a modified crenellation. The tower's spire was removed after it became structurally unsound. Terra cotta lettering on the tower names the building, a detail found in other Parkins buildings. Varied round and segmentally arched windows and a wooden octagonal bay on the north side give the exterior a picturesque Victorian character. Inside, the spaces have been greatly altered. The courthouse is regarded as an architectural focal point and as a repository of official records, land transactions and road construction, documenting the county's history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W. H. Parkins (architect/builder); J. P. Heard (contractor)","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; interior spaces greatly altered; a modern, non-historic jail is also on the property; the tower spire was removed because it became structurally unsound.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.984111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001013/e548ff78f9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001013/e548ff78f9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dooly_County_Courthouse_(East_face).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Dooly_County_Courthouse_(East_face).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001557","name":"Vienna Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/vienna-historic-district-04001557/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205972","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooly_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5297046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dooly-county/dooly-county-courthouse-80001013/"}