James Wingfield Golucke (1865–1907), often known as J.W. Golucke, was an American architect based in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked alone and also within partnership Golucke & Stewart. On his own he designed about 15 courthouses in Georgia. With partner George Wilson Stewart (1862-1937) he designed five Georgia courthouses and other buildings such as the

Fitzpatrick Hotel Fitzpatrick Hotel is a historic hotel in Washington, Georgia. It was built in 1898. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located at 16 West Public Square. A great fire in Washington-Wilkes Georgia in 1895 destro ...

. with Little is known about Stewart besides that he practiced by himself after 1900, including acting as an assisting architect for the Candler Building during its 1903-1906 construction in Atlanta. Many of Golucke's works, alone or with partners, are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works

Works by Golucke or his firm include (with attribution): * Baker County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Newton, GA (Golucke,J.W. & Co.), NRHP-listed * Banks County Jail, Silver Shoals Rd. Homer, GA (Golucke,J.W.,& Co.), NRHP-listed *

Bartow County Courthouse The Bartow County Courthouse, built in 1902, is an historic redbrick Classical Revival style county courthouse located on Courthouse Square in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, United States. Designed by the Louisville, Kentucky architectural ...

, Courthouse Sq. Cartersville, GA (Golucke,J.W., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Calhoun County Courthouse, 25 W. Eleventh St. Anniston, AL (Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed * Clayton County Courthouse, Jonesboro, Georgia *

Coweta County Courthouse The Coweta County Courthouse is a historic government building located at Courthouse Square in the U.S. city of Newnan, Georgia, the seat of Coweta County. It was constructed in 1904, and is located along Broad Street to the south, Jefferson Street ...

, Courthouse Sq.

Newnan, GA Newnan is a city in Metro Atlanta and the county seat of Coweta County, Georgia, about southwest of Atlanta. Its population was 42,549 at the 2020 census, up from 33,039 in 2010. History Newnan was established as county seat of Coweta ...

(Golucke,J.W.) *

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Washington, GA Washington is the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. Under its original name Heard's Fort, it was briefly designated as the state capital during the American Revolutionary War. It is noted as the place where the Confederacy ...

(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Henry County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.

McDonough, GA McDonough is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its population was 22,084 at the 2010 census, up from 8,493 in 2000. The city is the county seat of Henry County. The unincorporated co ...

(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Johnson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.

Wrightsville, GA Wrightsville is a city in Johnson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,195 at the 2010 census, down from 2,223 at the 2000 census. The city limits include Johnson State Prison on the northeast side of town. The city is the coun ...

(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Jones County Courthouse, GA 49

Gray, GA Gray is a city in Jones County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 census, up from 1,811 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jones County. It is part of the Macon Metropolitan Area. History Gray was foun ...

(Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed *

Locust Grove Institute Academic Building Locust Grove Institute (LGI), now Locust Grove Memorial Complex, is a former college preparatory school in Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Description Th ...

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Locust Grove, GA Locust Grove is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,402 at the 2010 census, up from 2,322 in 2000. Some unincorporated communities such as Luella and many rural areas surround Locust Grove, and those communities ...

(Golucke,James W.), NRHP-listed * Macon County Courthouse, E. Northside and N. Main Sts.

Tuskegee, AL Tuskegee () is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. It was founded and laid out in 1833 by General Thomas Simpson Woodward, a Creek War veteran under Andrew Jackson, and made the county seat that year. It was incorporated in 1843. I ...

(Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed * Madison County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.

Danielsville, GA Danielsville is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The population was 560 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Madison County. History Danielsville was named for General Allen Daniel (1772-1836), Major-General of t ...

(Golucke,J.W.,& Co.), NRHP-listed * Meriwether County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Sq. Greenville, GA (Colucke pJ.W., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Old Union County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.

Blairsville, GA Blairsville is a city and the county seat of Union County, on the northern border of Georgia, United States. It was founded near the Nottely River, which was dammed in 1942 as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority project, forming Lake Nottely. ...

Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Pickens County Jail, N. Main St. Jasper, GA (Golucke,James W.), NRHP-listed * Pierce County Courthouse, Main St. Blackshear, GA (Golucke,J.W.,& Co.), NRHP-listed * Pike County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Zebulon, GA (Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Rockdale County Jail, 967 Milstead Ave. Conyers, GA (Golucke,J. W.), NRHP-listed *

Schley County Courthouse Schley County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Ellaville, Georgia. It is the county's second county courthouse building. Designed by Golucke & Stewart in a Romanesque Revival style, it was built in 1899. It is made of brick with stone and me ...

, GA 26

Ellaville, GA Ellaville is a city in Schley County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,812 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Schley County. Ellaville is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A town named Pon ...

(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Secondary Industrial School, 1112 29th St. Columbus, GA (Golucke J.W. & Co.), NRHP-listed *

Twiggs County Courthouse Twiggs County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Jeffersonville, Georgia, county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia. The Romanesque Revival architecture building was designed by J.W. Golucke and built from 1902 to 1904. The previous cou ...

, Courthouse Sq. Jeffersonville, GA (Golucke,J.W.,& Co.), NRHP-listed * Worth County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Sylvester, GA (Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Cordele Commercial Historic District, roughly bounded by Sixth Ave., Sixth St., Ninth Ave., and Fourteenth St.

Cordele, GA Cordele is a city in and the county seat of Crisp County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,147 at the 2010 census. Cordele calls itself the Watermelon Capital of the World. History Cordele was incorporated on January 1, 1888, a ...

(Golucke,J.W., & Co.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Covington Historic District, roughly Covington City S of US 278

Covington, GA Covington is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the seat of Newton County, and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, its population 14,113. History Covington was founded by European immigrants to the United Stat ...

(Golucke, J.W., and Company, et al.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Crawfordville Historic District, roughly centered on the downtown business district of Crawfordville, GA (Golucke, Charle), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Newnan Commercial Historic District, Roughly bounded by Lee, Perry, Salbide, Lagrange, W. Spring, Brown, Madison, and Jefferson

(Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Northwest Newnan Residential Historic District, Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Jefferson, Cavender, Duncan, and Browns Sts.

(Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed

References

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