{"nrhp_refnum":"80001104","name":"Lee County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leesburg","county":"Lee County","state":"GA","lat":31.732663065000054,"lon":-84.17113871299995,"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":"Lee County Courthouse, a Neo-Classical brick county courthouse with stone trim on Courthouse Square in Leesburg, Lee County, Georgia, built in 1917-18 to a design by J. J. Baldwin.","why_significant":"The courthouse is presented as typical of courthouses built during and after World War I, when a Neo-Classical design was still preferred even though scale was reduced by rising costs. It is also tied to the statement on architect J. J. Baldwin and is described as a source of pride for county citizens.","narrative":"Lee County Courthouse sits on Courthouse Square in Leesburg, Georgia. Built in 1917-18, it was designed by J. J. Baldwin, with R. W. Wimbish as contractor. The Neo-Classical building is faced in brick with stone trim. Its projecting entrance has a Doric tetrastyle portico, and brick quoins mark the entrance and end pavilions. Keystones emphasize the second-floor windows, and a bracketed entablature with a cartouche sits over the entry. A small square domed clock tower rises in three stages from the center of the hipped roof, with clocks in the second stage framed by coupled pilasters. Inside, the plan is cross-shaped, and all four entrances remain open. Interiors include plaster walls, wood benchrailing, tile and terrazzo floors, and two staircases to a paneled second-floor courtroom. Rear additions have been made, and a small annex and a modern jail stand behind it. The courthouse was listed as a representative example of courthouses built during and after World War I, when Neo-Classical design remained favored despite smaller scale caused by higher costs. It remains a source of local pride.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect/builder J. J. Baldwin; contractor R. W. Wimbish","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; rear additions and a small annex exist, and a non-historic new jail stands at the rear of the property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.390851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001104/06fe875b17-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001104/06fe875b17-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_County_Courthouse,_Leesburg.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Lee_County_Courthouse,_Leesburg.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16948495"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lee-county/lee-county-courthouse-80001104/"}