{"nrhp_refnum":"80001101","name":"Johnson County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wrightsville","county":"Johnson County","state":"GA","lat":32.73004979900003,"lon":-82.71914764699994,"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 brick Romanesque-style county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia, built in 1895 to designs by Golucke and Stewart.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the courthouse to architect J. W. Golucke and his body of Georgia courthouse work. Its \"Y\" plan differs from the cross plan he usually used, though it resembles his Pike County design. Review notes also cite its continuing historic use and the survival of its first-floor materials and features.","narrative":"Standing in the town square of Wrightsville, this brick courthouse was built in 1895 to designs by Golucke and Stewart, with Wagner & Gorenflo as contractor. Painted a sand color with stone trim, it follows a Romanesque style. Entrances on all four sides have segmentally arched openings, and none dominates as a front door. Four corner pavilions carry bracketed gables, and the upper-floor windows are round arched with emphasized keystones. A pedimented wooden clock tower, a later addition, rises in three stages under a small dome. Inside, the courtroom keeps its original judge's bench and a sculptural balustrade separating the litigation area from the spectators, while the coved pressed-metal ceiling survives above later acoustical tile. The building matters as work of architect J. W. Golucke. Its Y-shaped plan departs from the cross plan he commonly used and resembles his Pike County design. A WPA project worked on it in 1940, and it remains in use as a courthouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Golucke and Stewart (architects); Wagner & Gorenflo (contractor)","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in historic use as a courthouse per review notes; a WPA project worked on it in 1940 and a later restoration of unknown date is noted. The form's condition entry is unclear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.011687-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001101.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001101/7d1262eec1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001101/7d1262eec1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JOHNSON_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:JOHNSON_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206310","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30601833"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/johnson-county/johnson-county-courthouse-80001101/"}