{"nrhp_refnum":"80001246","name":"Treutlen County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Soperton","county":"Treutlen County","state":"GA","lat":32.37715382500005,"lon":-82.59349320399997,"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 county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, built in 1920 at a cost of $75,000 to a design by J. J. Baldwin, with I. P. Crutchfield as contractor.","why_significant":"The courthouse is nominated as part of a thematic group of Georgia courthouses and as work of architect J. J. Baldwin, who used very similar plans across his courthouses. Its exterior and floor plan closely match the more expensive Candler County Courthouse, though its interior is more modest. It is described as one of the finest buildings in Treutlen County.","narrative":"Treutlen County's courthouse sits on a block of about one and a half acres at Courthouse Square in Soperton. Completed in 1920 for $75,000, it was designed by J. J. Baldwin and built by contractor I. P. Crutchfield. The Neo-Classical building is faced in brick with stone trim and has concrete footings and floors. Doric porticos with four columns project from the main mass, and each entry has a bracketed, pedimented one-story doorway with a central cartouche. Inside, a cross plan keeps all entrances open. Double staircases lead to the courtroom, where a heavy wooden pediment and pilasters frame the old judge's bench and a wooden balustrade still separates spectators from the litigation area. The building matters as an example of Baldwin's repeated courthouse plans. Its exterior and layout resemble the costlier Candler County Courthouse, although the interior here is plainer. It is regarded as one of the finest buildings in the county.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect/builder J. J. Baldwin; contractor I. P. Crutchfield","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition; the interior was recently refurbished.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.91285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001246/5bd2ff16c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001246/5bd2ff16c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TREUTLEN_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:TREUTLEN_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206628","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treutlen_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901962"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/treutlen-county/treutlen-county-courthouse-80001246/"}