National Register Listing

Atkinson County Courthouse

Austin at Main St., Pearson, GA

This is a J. J. Baldwin design that is a variation of a Neo-Classical theme. It is unlike the candler, Evans, or Treutlen courthouses but still adheres to Classical details.

Local significance of the building:
Landscape Architecture; Economics; Politics/government; Architecture; Communications

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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