{"nrhp_refnum":"80001232","name":"Stephens County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toccoa","county":"Stephens County","state":"GA","lat":34.57972700300007,"lon":-83.33082248899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story county courthouse with basement on Courthouse Square in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, built in 1907-08 in the Neo-Classical style with a brick and stone facade.","why_significant":"The form describes the courthouse as a distinctive Neo-Classical building, with an Ionic portico, a domed cross-plan design and an intact pressed metal courtroom ceiling. It also notes that the building still sits in the area around which downtown business activity revolves, as it did in 1907.","narrative":"Built in 1907-08 on Courthouse Square in Toccoa, the Stephens County Courthouse is a Neo-Classical building of brick and stone designed by H. L. Lewman of Louisville, Kentucky, and constructed by the Falls City Construction Company of the same city. Its cross-shaped plan has two stories and a basement, with corner pavilions projecting from a central core. An Ionic tetrastyle portico with a pediment and oculus carries the name Stephens County on the entablature. Above rises an octagonal ribbed dome with hooded E. Howard clocks and a lantern, and its design repeats the main facade motifs. Inside, the upstairs courtroom keeps an elaborate pressed metal ceiling and colored glass transoms in soft green, yellow and pink. Modern jury chairs and sound equipment support its continued use as a court. The courthouse still towers over the town and remains in the area where business activity centers, as it did in 1907. Its structural condition was described as fair, with repairs needed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. L. Lewman (Louisville, Ky.); contractor Falls City Construction Co. (Louisville, Ky.)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair structural condition and in need of repairs; the courtroom is still used as a court of law.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.136847-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001232/884659c3ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001232/884659c3ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephens_County,_Georgia_courthouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore</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:Stephens_County,_Georgia_courthouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephens_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7610948"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/stephens-county/stephens-county-courthouse-80001232/"}