Elbert County Courthouse is a historic courthouse on Courthouse Square in downtown Elberton, Georgia, county seat of Elbert County, Georgia. The

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building was designed by

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and constructed in 1894.Elbert County Courthouse
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. The brick exterior of the courthouse was painted white for several decades until the early 2000s when the exterior brick was repainted red to recreate the original appearance of red bricks.

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{{Registered Historic Places County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Elbert County, Georgia Government buildings completed in 1894 National Register of Historic Places in Elbert County, Georgia

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