The Camden County Courthouse (or Old Camden County Courthouse) is a two-story courthouse in the US city of

Woodbine, Georgia Woodbine is a city in, and the county seat of, Camden County, Georgia, United States, an original county established when the state constitution was adopted in 1777. The population was 1,412 at the 2010 census. The East Coast Greenway, a 3,000 mi ...

. The courthouse was entered into the United States'

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in 1980; it is a

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in the Woodbine Historic District, which was listed on the NRHP in 1999. with The building was designed by Julian de Bruyn Kops (1862–1942). Since its completion in 1928, it has served not only as a courthouse for

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

's Camden County, but also as a venue for meetings, commerce, and other functions. It was nominated for the NRHP as Georgia's only 20th-century example of

Late Gothic Revival architecture Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

. It sports a brick façade, castellated portico and

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...

s, and rectangular windows with

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* {{National Register of Historic Places Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1928 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Camden County, Georgia Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, Georgia Historic district contributing properties in Georgia (U.S. state)