{"nrhp_refnum":"80001113","name":"Macon County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oglethorpe","county":"Macon County","state":"GA","lat":32.29332803600005,"lon":-84.06011980699998,"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":"Two-story brick county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia, built in 1894 in the Romanesque style. The architect and contractor are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of a carpenter's version of the Romanesque Style, with an architecture resembling the 1898 Berrien County courthouse. It was nominated as part of a thematic group of Georgia courthouses. Its clock tower and Victorian judge's bench are noted as outstanding features.","narrative":"Macon County's courthouse sits on Courthouse Square in Oglethorpe. Built in 1894, it is a two-story brick building in the Romanesque style, and its architect and contractor are unknown. S. T. Lofley and C. A. Greer served as building superintendents. Four corner pavilions have pyramidal caps, and broad Romanesque arches mark the two side entrances. A projecting main portico with four thin columns appears to be a later addition. Angled rows of projecting brick form stringcourses and drip-stone molding around the first-story windows. The clock tower rises in stages from an open bell level to pedimented clocks and an octagonal dome with a finial. Inside, double stairways lead to the courtroom, where the ceiling has been lowered and acoustical tile installed. Its Victorian judge's bench, made of beaded boards with corner blocks and reeding, is the most outstanding feature. The courthouse was listed because it is a good example of a carpenter's version of Romanesque design, comparable to the Berrien County courthouse of 1898. The building is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and contractor unknown; building superintendents S. T. Lofley and C. A. Greer","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; some repair was done in 1976 using prison labor, and a new jail is attached at the rear.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.271829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001113.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001113/ae12163115-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001113/ae12163115-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macon_County_Courthouse_Georgia_(SouthWest_face).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macon_County_Courthouse_Georgia_(SouthWest_face).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206350","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16965198"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/macon-county/macon-county-courthouse-80001113/"}