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Evans County Courthouse

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on August 11 and then officially ratified by a vote of the citizens of Georgia on November 23. With the creation of the new county a courthouse was needed. The first building used as such was the White Building, a three-story edifice built by Mr. R. King White and later bought by Mrs. Ben Daniel.
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Mrs. Daniel's husband, Dr. Ben Daniel, used the building as his office. This building was used until 1923, when the current courthouse was completed. The work was done by
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and the base of the county's government. On September 18, 1980, the building was added to the
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erected a monument to those men from the county who died in various wars, beginning with
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Evans County was created in 1914, first by a proposed constitutional amendment in the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Evans County, Georgia
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National Register of Historic Places in Evans County, Georgia
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Evans County Courthouse is located in Georgia
Evans County Courthouse is located in the United States
Claxton, Georgia
32°9′42″N 81°54′28″W / 32.16167°N 81.90778°W / 32.16167; -81.90778
Baldwin, J.J.
Neoclassical revival
MPS
80001018
clock tower
Claxton, Georgia
United States
seat
Evans County
Superior Court
National Register of Historic Places

Georgia General Assembly
J.J. Baldwin
West Point Iron Works
American Legion
World War I
Vietnam War
National Register of Historic Places listings in Evans County, Georgia


"National Register of Historic Places"
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"Evans County"

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