The Fulton County Courthouse, built between 1911 and 1914, is a historic
courthouse
A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...
building located at 136 Pryor Street SW in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, seat of
Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County is a county in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, making it the state's most populous county. Its county seat and most ...
. It was designed by noted Atlanta-based architect
A. Ten Eyck Brown (1878–1940), along with the Atlanta firm of
Morgan & Dillon
Morgan & Dillon was a major architectural firm of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It later became Morgan, Dillon & Lewis.
W.T. Downing worked for the firm and was its lead designer for the Healey Building.
A number of its works are listed on the Nation ...
. It replaced an earlier building that had been designed by architect
William H. Parkins. It is officially the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse.
On September 18, 1980, the original building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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(refnum 80001074). An annex across the street is connected via skywalk. Both are located in
South Downtown.
On March 11, 2005,
Brian Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols (born December 10, 1971) is a convicted murderer known for his escape and killing spree in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 11, 2005. Nichols was on trial for rape when he escaped custody and murde ...
killed three people, including a judge and a police sergeant, while escaping from the courthouse. He later killed an off-duty federal agent before being recaptured.
See also
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References
External links
National Register listings for Fulton County
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Atlanta
A. Ten Eyck Brown buildings
Morgan & Dillon buildings
National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta
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