{"nrhp_refnum":"80001254","name":"Walker County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Duke St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"LaFayette","county":"Walker County","state":"GA","lat":34.70437425000006,"lon":-85.28058200199996,"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 three-story cream brick county courthouse with an attic, built in 1917-18 at Duke Street and East Patten in LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia. Charles E. Bearden was the architect and Little, Cleckler Co. the contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination points to a Beaux Arts: Renaissance Revival design that is not often seen in Georgia. It is an adapted rather than pure design, Renaissance Revival mainly in its massing and long horizontal lines. The interior is in excellent condition, and its oak millwork is especially noteworthy.","narrative":"Walker County's courthouse in LaFayette, Georgia, was built in 1917-18 to designs by Charles E. Bearden, with Little, Cleckler Co. as contractor. It is a rectangular cream brick building with wings on each side, three stories plus an attic, and it sits right at the sidewalk with very little green space around it. On the facade, pairs of colossal Tuscan columns, their lower thirds banded, rise past the second and third stories and alternate with triple windows. The entablature carries triglyphs and metopes inscribed with circles, and a heavy cornice crowns the building. Inside, the original oak millwork has been stripped of paint and refinished in its natural grain. The courtroom is unusually spacious, with deeply recessed ceiling squares and early light fixtures. The courthouse was listed because its Beaux Arts: Renaissance Revival design is uncommon in Georgia. The style is adapted rather than pure, showing in the massing and long horizontal lines more than in specific details. The interior is in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect/builder: Charles E. Bearden; Contractor: Little, Cleckler Co.","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts: Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent; the interior is described as in excellent condition, with the old oak millwork stripped of paint and refinished.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.398826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001254/6f9888976a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001254/6f9888976a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Thomson200","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walker_County_Courthouse,_October_2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomson200</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walker_County_Courthouse,_October_2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206656","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28554464"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/walker-county/walker-county-courthouse-80001254/"}