{"nrhp_refnum":"80001084","name":"Gwinnett County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrenceville","county":"Gwinnett County","state":"GA","lat":33.95691594700003,"lon":-83.98900451099996,"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 on Courthouse Square in the town square of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, built in 1872. Architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The survey form describes it as an 1872 building, one of the few courthouses built just after the Civil War, and notes that its exterior has not changed drastically. Its position in the town square gives it a dominant place in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett is also described as an original county, created in 1818 from Cherokee and Creek cessions.","narrative":"Dominating the town square in Lawrenceville, this two-story brick courthouse dates to 1872, making it one of the few Georgia courthouses built just after the Civil War. Its massing is asymmetrical, with interior chimneys that give it a solid, heavy look. The most distinctive feature is the clock tower at the corner, which has an unusual round corner balcony, additional bracketed balconies, Palladian windows, and pediments topped by a small ribbed dome and hooded clocks. The facade has a projecting entrance porch with large round arches, and triplet windows under a segmental arch sit above it. Second Empire elements mark the style. A rear annex was added in 1937 and a courtroom was divided in 1973-74, and interior renovation has altered the original character. The exterior has changed little, and the building sits in the center of an original Georgia county created in 1818 from Cherokee and Creek cessions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition; the interior was renovated, which the form says totally changed its original character. A 1937 annex was added to the rear and a courtroom was divided in 1973-74.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.948305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001084.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001084/69c03e49cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001084/69c03e49cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"John Trainor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gwinnett_County_Courthouse_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Trainor</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gwinnett_County_Courthouse_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206176","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwinnett_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/gwinnett-county/gwinnett-county-courthouse-80001084/"}