{"nrhp_refnum":"80001248","name":"Twiggs County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jeffersonville","county":"Twiggs County","state":"GA","lat":32.687678437000045,"lon":-83.34574687299994,"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":"Brick and stone county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia, built in 1902-03 by J. W. Golucke & Co., with Fred Wagner as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the courthouse to the work of architect J. W. Golucke, referring to a general statement on his career. Its plan is similar to those Golucke used in Clayton and Madison counties. It is a Romanesque design with a prominent clock tower.","narrative":"Twiggs County's courthouse sits on Courthouse Square in Jeffersonville, facing the railroad tracks. Built in 1902-03 to designs by J. W. Golucke & Co., with Fred Wagner as contractor, it is a Romanesque building of brick and stone with metal trim. The facade is dominated by a clock tower with a pyramidal cap, flanked by pavilions with tall pyramidal caps. Octagonal pavilions with similar caps stand at the rear, and gabled roofs run between the pavilions along the sides. Windows on the first story are segmentally arched, while those on the second floor are round arched. The interior follows a cross plan. A 1979 renovation cost $120,000; it replaced the courtroom's metal ceiling with acoustical tile, though the plain judge's bench and the sculptural balusters of the bar railing remain. An addition was built at the rear. The nomination links the courthouse to Golucke's wider body of courthouse work, noting a plan similar to his courthouses in Clayton and Madison counties.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J. W. Golucke & Co.; contractor Fred Wagner","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; interior renovated in 1979 at a cost of $120,000, and an addition was made 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 02:55:40.842193-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001248.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001248/b4b989975d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001248/b4b989975d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Calvin Beale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twiggs_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Beale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twiggs_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206638","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggs_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16976193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/twiggs-county/twiggs-county-courthouse-80001248/"}