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Webster County Courthouse (Preston, Georgia)

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Location
  
Preston, Georgia

NRHP Reference #
  
80001262

Area
  
8,000 m²

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Built
  
1914 (1914)

Opened
  
1914

Phone
  
+1 229-828-3525

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 1980

Webster County Courthouse (Preston, Georgia)

MPS
  
Georgia County Courthouses TR

Address
  
6330 Hamilton St # 102, Preston, GA 31824, USA

Webster County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Preston, Georgia, the county seat for Webster County, Georgia.

It was built in 1915 and was designed in Neoclassical style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. It is located on Courthouse Square. It was designed by T.F. Lockwood, Sr.

The courthouse is two stories and made of red brick. The white cupola atop the building was added after the attack on Pearl Harbor and local civil defense volunteers stood watch on the cupola every day until the war's end.

References

Webster County Courthouse (Preston, Georgia) Wikipedia