{"nrhp_refnum":"80001095","name":"Irwin County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ocilla","county":"Irwin County","state":"GA","lat":31.591771424000058,"lon":-83.25113500399993,"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 county courthouse on 2nd Street in Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia, built in 1910 of blond brick in the Neo-Classical style. The contractor was Falls City Construction Co.; the architect is listed as unknown.","why_significant":"The survey form describes it as a center of local government and a focal point for the dissemination of political information, safeguarding vital statistics and official records. Supporting letters note that Irwin was one of Georgia's original counties and that the courthouse holds some of its oldest records. Letters also cite its columned Neo-Classical design and its clock tower.","narrative":"Irwin County Courthouse, on 2nd Street in Ocilla, Georgia, was built in 1910 at a cost of $52,641. Falls City Construction Co. was the contractor, and the architect is not recorded. Faced in blond brick, the Neo-Classical building has four tetrastyle pedimented facades with Corinthian cement columns, quoined pavilions, and a hipped roof topped by a domed clock tower with four hooded clocks. A rear addition has been built, and the interior has been remodeled with a mix of marble, plaster, wood, tile and carpet finishes. The survey rated its condition fair and noted worn upkeep, including exposed wires and storage sheds against the front. Its importance rests on its role as the seat of county government and the repository of official records. Letters of support point out that Irwin is one of Georgia's original counties, so its archives include some of the state's oldest records, which draw family-history researchers. Writers also admired its tall columns and the clock that has marked local time for decades.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; contractor Falls City Construction Co.","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked fair; the form describes the structure as in poor repair, with a rear addition, wires around the building and storage shacks against the main facade. It remains the county government seat.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.059051-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001095.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001095/702cfc5234-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001095/702cfc5234-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irwin_County_Courthouse,_Ocilla,_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:Irwin_County_Courthouse,_Ocilla,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206298","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28124294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/irwin-county/irwin-county-courthouse-80001095/"}