{"nrhp_refnum":"80001107","name":"Long County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 99","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ludowici","county":"Long County","state":"GA","lat":31.707826441000066,"lon":-81.74152186599997,"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 Neoclassical courthouse on Ga. 99 in Ludowici, Long County, Georgia, built in 1926 and renovated on the interior in 1974.","why_significant":"It is the first and only courthouse for Long County, which was created in 1920. It is an example of the Neoclassical style popular in Georgia courthouse design in the early twentieth century. It is a simpler version of that style than the neighboring Liberty County Courthouse, which dates from the same period, and so shows some of the range of design in such buildings.","narrative":"Long County Courthouse in Ludowici, Georgia, was built in 1926 to serve Long County, which had been created in 1920. It remains the county's first and only courthouse. The brick building is two stories high, roughly rectangular and box-like in massing. A central section projects slightly to the front and rear, flanked by wings, and the front section carries a two-story pedimented portico with Tuscan columns. An ell extending from one wing at the rear holds additional offices. The interior was renovated in 1974. The courthouse is an example of the Neoclassical style that was popular for Georgia courthouses in the early twentieth century. It was built at the same time as the neighboring Liberty County Courthouse but is a simpler version of the style, showing some of the range of design in courthouses of the period. As a repository for marriage, will and land records, it also documents the life of the county and its citizens.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; the interior was renovated in 1974.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.708104-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001107.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001107/34e1b80b33-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001107/34e1b80b33-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_County_GA_courthouse.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:Long_County_GA_courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16919714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/long-county/long-county-courthouse-80001107/"}