{"nrhp_refnum":"80004443","name":"Baker County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Baker County","state":"GA","lat":31.314422206000074,"lon":-84.33518854799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Economics","Politics/Government","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Baker County Courthouse, a brick Romanesque-style county courthouse on Courthouse Square in Newton, Baker County, Georgia, built in 1900 by J. W. Golucke & Co.","why_significant":"The nomination ties its significance to the work of architect J. W. Golucke, referring to a general statement on his career. It notes that the plan matches ones he used in Henry, Jones, Schley and Union Counties. The courthouse is part of a thematic group of Georgia courthouses.","narrative":"Baker County Courthouse occupies a full one-acre block on Courthouse Square in Newton, Georgia. Completed in 1900 to designs by J. W. Golucke & Co., with Atlanta Fireproofing Co. as contractor, it is a Romanesque building of brick laid in American bond on a brick and stone foundation. The design follows a cross plan beneath a hipped roof with intersecting gables. A tall, capped clock tower rises from a large round arch that marks the entrance, flanked by matching two-story pedimented pavilions with triple blind arcades separated by pilasters. Corner turrets accent the tower and the building corners, and the round arch motif recurs inside and out. The interior has been altered with plaster, dropped acoustical tile and fluorescent lighting. A historic well remains on the south side of the block. The courthouse was listed as part of a statewide group of Georgia courthouses, in recognition of Golucke's work; similar plans appear in Henry, Jones, Schley and Union Counties.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J. W. Golucke & Co.; contractor Atlanta Fireproofing Co.","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior has been altered with plaster walls, dropped acoustical tile ceilings and fluorescent lighting; a non-historic building stands in the southwest corner of the block and an historic well on the south side.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.52363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80004443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004443/1ede967af1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004443/1ede967af1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_County_Courthouse,_Newton_1900.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Baker_County_Courthouse,_Newton_1900.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205828","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16163719"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baker-county/baker-county-courthouse-80004443/"}