Madison County Courthouse

Madison County Courthouse sits on a small square in the center of Danielsville, Georgia. Built in 1901 by J. W. Golucke & Co., with Fred Wagener as contractor, it is a Romanesque-style building of painted brick on a stone foundation. Its cross plan features a central tower with a pyramidal cap, flanked by pavilions with similarly tall caps, while the rear pavilions are octagonal. Round-arched and rectangular windows with emphasized keystones mark the first floor, and round-arched windows mark the second. A stringcourse and water table encircle the walls, and the original wooden doors remain at the entrance. Inside are plaster walls with wooden wainscoting, three stairways to the second floor, and some later asbestos tile flooring in the courtroom and adjacent offices. The courthouse was listed as part of a thematic group of Georgia county courthouses, notable for the work of architect J. W. Golucke and a plan resembling the Twiggs and Clayton County courthouses. The survey form rated its condition as poor.