{"nrhp_refnum":"95000719","name":"Taylor County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Butler","county":"Taylor County","state":"GA","lat":32.55719288700004,"lon":-84.23742808599997,"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 two-story brick county courthouse on Main Street in Butler, Taylor County, Georgia, built in 1935 to designs by architect Frederick Roy Duncan of Columbus. The nominated property also includes its landscaped grounds, a Confederate monument and a small former police station.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a good, intact example of a 1930s Neoclassical Revival community landmark building with prominent classical details and a Colonial Revival cupola. It is also significant for landscape architecture and for local government, having served as the center of county government since 1935. It was built with federal Civil Works Administration funds during the New Deal.","narrative":"Taylor County's courthouse in Butler is a two-story brick building completed in 1935 and designed by Columbus architect Frederick Roy Duncan. Its Neoclassical Revival design includes pedimented porticos, quoins, keystones and a Colonial Revival cupola with a clock tower. Inside, a cross-shaped plan, terrazzo floors, engaged columns and a classically detailed courtroom survive. The building replaced an 1850s courthouse that was torn down in 1934 and 1935, and Civil Works Administration money, along with county bonds, paid for the work as part of Depression-era relief efforts. Its grounds hold a large lawn, shade trees, sidewalks, a Confederate monument and a small six-sided former police station. The property was recognized for its architecture, its landscape design, and its long role as the seat of county government. It is one of a group of Georgia courthouses built between 1930 and 1945, and one of twelve funded through federal relief programs.","period_of_significance":"1935-1945","architect_builder":"Frederick Roy Duncan - architect of courthouse; M. Entrekin of Columbus served as contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival/Colonial Revival (described as Neoclassical Revival with a Colonial Revival cupola)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; the small former police station on the grounds is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.044592-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/95000719.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000719/9e9b90201f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000719/9e9b90201f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_County,_GA_Courthouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</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:Taylor_County,_GA_Courthouse.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001466","name":"Butler Downtown Historic district","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/butler-downtown-historic-district-04001466/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206618","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7689923"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/taylor-county/taylor-county-courthouse-95000719/"}