James Wingfield Golucke (1865–1907), often known as J.W. Golucke, was an American architect based in

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. 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

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. 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.

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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.

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(Golucke,J.W., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Calhoun County Courthouse, 25 W. Eleventh St.

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(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 (Golucke,J.W.) *

, 18 W. Public Square

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(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Henry County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. McDonough, GA (Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Johnson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Wrightsville, GA (Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Jones County Courthouse, GA 49 Gray, GA (Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed * Locust Grove Institute Academic Building, 3644 GA 42 Locust Grove, GA (Golucke,James W.), NRHP-listed * Macon County Courthouse, E. Northside and N. Main Sts.

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(Golucke,J.W.), NRHP-listed * Madison County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Danielsville, GA (Golucke,J.W.,& Co.), NRHP-listed *

Meriwether County Courthouse Meriwether County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Greenville, Georgia, county seat of Meriwether County, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1973. The courthouse was built in 1903–1904 accord ...

, 100 Courthouse Sq. Greenville, GA (Colucke pJ.W., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Old Union County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Blairsville, GA Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Pickens County Jail, N. Main St.

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(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.

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(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

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(Golucke & Stewart), NRHP-listed * Secondary Industrial School, 1112 29th St.

Columbus, GA Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it off ...

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

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

References

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