Emanuel County Courthouse

The Emanuel County Courthouse in Swainsboro, Georgia serves Emanuel County. The current building is the county's seventh courthouse.^[1]

The 2002 courthouse and current courthouse in 2016

Former courthouse

Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The courthouse in 1951
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Location	Main St., Swainsboro, Georgia
Coordinates	32°35′48″N 82°20′4″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1940 (courthouse); 1912 (Sheriff Department)
Architect	Dennis and Dennis (courthouse); L.F. Goodrich (Sheriff Department)
Architectural style	Stripped Classical;
MPS	Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	95000715[2]
Added to NRHP	June 14, 1995

The former courthouse in Swainsboro, built in 1940 and since demolished, and a sheriff department building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department.^[2] The Sheriff Department building, built in 1912, is a one-story Classical Revival building with a pedimented entrance portico. It was designed by Augusta, Georgia, architect L.F. Goodrich.^[3]

The 1940 courthouse served as Emanuel County's justice building, replacing the 1920 courthouse that was destroyed in a 1938 fire.^[3] It was designed in Stripped Classical style by architects Dennis and Dennis.^[3] The courthouse was demolished in 2000,^[1] but a historical marker remains.^[4]