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Southern Bell Bulluck County Courthouse Statesboro Georgia
by Reid Callaway
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Southern Bell Bulluck County Courthouse Statesboro Georgia
Artist
Reid Callaway
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Photograph - Photography
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Southern Bell......by Reid Callaway
Bullock County Courthouse Art
Statesboro Georgia
The Bulloch County Courthouse is a historic courthouse that is located in downtown Statesboro, Georgia. It was built in 1894 to house the county government. Bulloch County was officially established on February 8, 1796.
Bryan and Screven counties were the two counties that Bulloch County was created from by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. Bulloch County was named after Archibald Bulloch who was Georgia's first provisional governor from 1776 to 1777. In 1796 three men were appointed to be commissioners: Drury Jones, John Mikell and Israel Bird. They were in charge of finding a proper place to build the courthouse and the jail. In May 1797 the first Superior Court was held in Bulloch County at Stephen Mills' home and continued to be held there until the courthouse was built. The fourth Mondays in April and October were the only two days that the superior court met each year. The inferior court, however, met every first Monday of the month. When Bulloch County first started having court, there were no local lawyers or judges. Bulloch County obtained its first lawyers and judges after the Civil War. The justices of the inferior court that were appointed by the legislature in 1796 were Israel Bird, John Rawls, and James Bird. The justices of the peace included John Douglas, John Everett, Robert Scott, William McCall, and Mark Pridgeon.
On September 18, 1980, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse was designed by Bruce and Morgan in 1894. It was renovated in 1914 by Edward Columbus Hosford in the Classical Revival and Queen Anne styles, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Columned porticoes and the large corner brick masses were added in 1914. Throughout the years the courthouse went through many renovations that utilized different colors of brick, which might be why the exterior of the courthouse was coated with white plaster. By the 1990s the county commission decided to restore the courthouse to its original condition. The restoration began in 1998. Some of the white plaster was removed which was done by professionals because the plaster contained asbestos which posed a health risk. The rest of the white plaster that was not removed was just painted a red brick color. The restoration was completed in 2000. Martin, Rule and Associates, of Statesboro were the architects for this renovation in 1998 to 2000.
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