{"nrhp_refnum":"80001259","name":"Warren County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Warrenton","county":"Warren County","state":"GA","lat":33.40676866600006,"lon":-82.66236071499998,"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 brick and concrete Neo-Classical county courthouse on Courthouse Square in the center of Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia, built in 1909-10 to designs by Walter Chamberlain of Birmingham, Alabama.","why_significant":"The courthouse is described as dominating the small town of Warrenton. Its position among the surrounding stores and shops served an economic purpose, since nearby businesses prospered because of their closeness to it. It was nominated as part of a thematic group of Georgia county courthouses.","narrative":"Built in 1909-10 at a cost of $25,000, this county courthouse sits on a small square in the center of Warrenton, Georgia. Walter Chamberlain of Birmingham, Alabama, designed it, and the Falls City Construction Company carried out the work. The Neo-Classical building has a cross plan, a facade with a four-column portico set between projecting corner pavilions, and crisp white trim against red brick. A hipped roof carries a shallow octagonal dome topped by a knobbed cupola, and light from the dome reaches the courtroom through translucent glass set in a pressed metal ceiling. Wooden wainscoting lines the plaster walls. The courthouse was listed as part of a statewide group of Georgia county courthouses. Its significance rests on its dominance of the small town and its relationship to the stores and shops around it, which served an economic purpose, as businesses near the courthouse prospered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Walter Chamberlain of Birmingham, Ala. (architect); Falls City Construction Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; four double-door entrances remain in use. The original judge's bench has been replaced by a plywood one.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.195319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001259/1604f1a7b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001259/1604f1a7b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warren_County_Courthouse,_Warrenton,_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:Warren_County_Courthouse,_Warrenton,_GA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000340","name":"Warrenton Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/warrenton-downtown-historic-district-02000340/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206690","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55637427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/warren-county/warren-county-courthouse-80001259/"}