Fannin County Courthouse

Infobox_nrhp | name =Fannin County Courthouse
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location= Blue Ridge, Georgia
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 51
lat_seconds = 49
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 19
long_seconds = 38
long_direction = W
locmapin = USA Georgia
area =
built =1937
architect= Edwards, Sayward & Robert B. Logan Associates; [ [http://www.ngrdc.org/Chapter%20IV%20hist%20res.pdf Historic Resources of Northwest Georgia, p. 6 - accessible only through Internet Explorer] ] builder W. P. Marshall
architecture= Classical Revival
added = June 08, 1995
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Georgia County Courthouses TR
refnum=95000716cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Fannin County Courthouse, built in 1937, is an historic courthouse building located in Blue Ridge, Georgia. It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Georgia, two in Florida and nine in South Carolina well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. [ [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards] ] On June 08, 1995, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2004 it was replaced by a new courthouse built next door. It is now is leased as "Georgia Mountain Center for the Arts". [ [http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/fanninCH.htm Vinson Institute: courthouses in Georgia: Fannin] ] [ [http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/fanninCHold.htm Vinson Institute: courthouses in Georgia: Old Fannin] ]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Georgia, E-G (Fannin)

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/GA/Fannin/state.html National Register listings for Fannin County]
* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards]
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000769.pdf Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages]