Harris County Courthouse (Georgia)

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Harris County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Harris County Courthouse (Georgia) (Georgia (U.S. state))
Harris County Courthouse (Georgia)
Location: Hamilton, Georgia
Coordinates: 32°45′31″N 84°52′29″W / 32.75861, -84.87472Coordinates: 32°45′31″N 84°52′29″W / 32.75861, -84.87472
Built/Founded: 1908
Architect: Edward Columbus Hosford ;builder = Mutual Construction Company
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival
Added to NRHP: September 18, 1980
NRHP Reference#: 80001089

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MPS: Georgia County Courthouses TR
Governing body: Local

The Harris County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Hamilton, Georgia. Built in 1908, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. This was the second courthouse he had ever designed.[2][3]

On September 18, 1980, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Caldwell, Wilber W, The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910, Macon: Mercer University Press, 2001, p.252 & 366.
  3. ^ National Register listings for Harris County

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