{"nrhp_refnum":"95000715","name":"Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swainsboro","county":"Emanuel County","state":"GA","lat":32.596731668000075,"lon":-82.33440002499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county government complex on Main Street in Swainsboro, Georgia, made up of the 1940 Emanuel County Courthouse and the 1912 Sheriff Department building, which share almost one downtown block.","why_significant":"The courthouse is argued to be a good, intact example of a Stripped Classical community landmark building, designed by the Macon firm Dennis & Dennis. The Sheriff Department is an intact early 20th-century Neoclassical Revival-influenced public building designed by L.F. Goodrich of Augusta. Together they represent the center of Emanuel County government; the courthouse is the seventh in the county's history.","narrative":"Two public buildings share a landscaped block in the center of Swainsboro, Georgia. The three-story Emanuel County Courthouse, completed in 1940, was designed by the Macon firm Dennis & Dennis and built by contractor Walter Aldred. Its marble exterior, flat roof, symmetrical I-shaped plan and minimal ornament reflect the Stripped Classical style used for government buildings from the 1920s to the 1940s. Inside, marble walls, terrazzo floors, original hardware and a classically detailed courtroom survive. Beside it stands the one-story brick Sheriff Department, built in 1912 to designs by L.F. Goodrich of Augusta, with a pedimented portico, paired columns and arched windows. It first housed county offices before taking on its current role in 1994. The courthouse is the seventh to serve Emanuel County, replacing one that burned in 1938. The complex was listed for its role in county government and for its intact architecture.","period_of_significance":"1912-1945","architect_builder":"Dennis & Dennis (architects of the courthouse); Walter Aldred (contractor of the courthouse); L.F. Goodrich (architect of the Sheriff Department)","architectural_style":"Stripped Classical (courthouse); Neoclassical Revival (Sheriff Department)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Courthouse still serves as a courthouse with county offices; the Sheriff Department building became the Sheriff Department in 1994 and houses the correctional function. Both retain a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.48699-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/95000715.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000715/72cc74f8a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000715/72cc74f8a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"CaptainStegge","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1951._Emanuel_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">CaptainStegge</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:1951._Emanuel_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205986","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29094695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/emanuel-county/emanuel-county-courthouse-and-sheriff-department-95000715/"}