The Lincoln County Courthouse, on Courthouse Sq. in
Lincolnton, Georgia, was built in 1915. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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* Doric, of or relating to the Dorians of ancient Greece
** Doric Greek, the dialects of the Dorians
* Doric order, a style of ancient Greek architecture
* Doric mode, a synonym of Dorian mode
* Doric dialect (Scotland)
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tetrastyle projecting two-story portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
with entablatures
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and a heavy cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...
. It is topped by domed clock tower, which rises in the center of the building. The building has rectangular windows everywhere but for the courtroom, which has round-arched ones. The courtroom "ceiling is coved and has large recessed squares overhead. Pilasters atop painted panel wainscoting surround the courtroom. The egg and dart motif is used in the cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...
. There is a skylight in the center of the room directly under the clock tower which has frosted glass panels, muting the sunlight that shines into the room."[ Includes a photo from 1980.]
It was designed or built by G. Lloyd Preacher
Geoffrey Lloyd Preacher (May 11, 1882 – June 17, 1972) was an American architect. Based in Atlanta, Preacher and his firm specialized mostly in commercial offices, hotels, and apartment buildings in the Southeastern United States.
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, with Anniston, Alabama contractors Little, Cleckler Construction Co.[
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County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Georgia
Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Government buildings completed in 1915
1915 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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