{"nrhp_refnum":"80001103","name":"Lamar County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Thomaston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barnesville","county":"Lamar County","state":"GA","lat":33.05251437900006,"lon":-84.15589334099997,"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-veneer county courthouse at Thomaston Street in Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, built in 1931 and designed by Eugene C. Wachendorff of Atlanta.","why_significant":"It is the first and only courthouse of Lamar County, which was established in 1920, and gave county government a permanent home after years in rented quarters. Its Neoclassical design has fine Doric detailing on the front portico. Because of its relatively late date, it also reflects more modern building technology than other courthouses in the thematic group.","narrative":"Lamar County Courthouse, on Thomaston Street in Barnesville, Georgia, is a two-story brick-veneer building completed in 1931. Its Neoclassical design centers on a raised-parapet section with a projecting, temple-form pedimented portico featuring Doric columns, triglyphs, metopes and cornices. Lower, simply detailed wings flank the center, and a similar annex extends to the rear. The courthouse was the first and only one built for Lamar County, created in 1920, whose offices had previously been in rented quarters. The cornerstone was laid on July 11, 1931, with Governor Richard B. Russell attending, and the building opened on October 19, 1931. Compared with other courthouses in the same group of Georgia nominations, it reflects later construction methods, including brick veneer over concrete block, reinforced concrete and steel floor framing. Its records of marriages, wills and land transactions also make it a repository of the county's history. A jail and outbuilding behind it lie outside the nominated boundary.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Eugene C. Wachendorff of Atlanta (architect); Barnesville Planing Mill Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked as good. A jail and an outbuilding at the distant rear are not part of the nominated property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.202144-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001103/36b3b2eb24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001103/36b3b2eb24-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"John Trainor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamar_County_Georgia_Courthouse.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:Lamar_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"95000733","name":"Barnesville Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/barnesville-commercial-historic-district-95000733/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206314","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lamar-county/lamar-county-courthouse-80001103/"}