{"nrhp_refnum":"80001106","name":"Lincoln County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.79457216600008,"lon":-82.47561677099998,"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 Neo-Classical brick courthouse with stone trim on Courthouse Square in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia, built in 1915 for about $30,000 to a design by G. Lloyd Preacher.","why_significant":"The form argues the courthouse is significant as the center of local government in Lincoln County, a focal point for sharing political information and the safe keeper of vital statistics and official records. It is also a reference point in the town and an architectural focal point.","narrative":"Lincoln County Courthouse occupies Courthouse Square in Lincolnton, Georgia. Completed in 1915 at a cost of roughly $30,000, it was designed by G. Lloyd Preacher and built by Little, Cleckler Construction Company of Anniston, Alabama. The Neo-Classical building is faced in brick with stone trim and features a Doric tetrastyle design with a projecting two-story portico, an entablature and a heavy cornice. A small domed clock tower rises from the center of the roof. Windows are rectangular throughout, except in the courtroom, where round-arched windows are used. Inside, the entry and courtroom have pressed metal ceilings, and the courtroom has a coved ceiling with recessed squares, pilasters above painted panel wainscoting and an egg-and-dart cornice motif. A frosted-glass skylight beneath the clock tower softens the light. The courthouse was listed because it serves as the center of county government, holds official records, and acts as both a civic and architectural landmark in the town.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"G. Lloyd Preacher (architect/builder); contractor Little, Cleckler Construction Co., Anniston, Alabama","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the building houses county government offices and records.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.241491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001106/7eeeccc269-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001106/7eeeccc269-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LINCOLN_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:LINCOLN_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93000932","name":"Lincolnton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/lincolnton-historic-district-93000932/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894178"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/lincoln-county-courthouse-80001106/"}