Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Valdosta, Georgia. It was designed by

Frank P. Milburn Frank Pierce Milburn (December 12, 1868 - September 21, 1926) was a prolific American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His practice was primarily focused on public buildings, particularly courthouses and legislative buildings, ...

and completed in 1905.Lowndes County Courthouse
Georgia Info It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. It is located at Central and Ashley streets.

Monuments and time capsule

Several monuments are located around the courthouse including a memorial to Civil War Confederate soldiers who died. This monument is located on the corner of Patterson Street and Central Avenue and was funded by the Valdosta chapter (no. 471) of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.) in 1911.Lowndes County Courthouse
Valdosta Museum There are also smaller monuments and memorials to veterans of all wars put up by the

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, Valdosta Post no. 13 and dedicated on Veterans Day November 11, 1969; a memorial to "those defending the spirit of America" on September 11, 2001; a time capsule monument from July 8, 1976, in celebration of the United States Bicentennial and Lowndes County Sesquicentennial to be opened July 4, 2026; and a memorial built in 1949 in memory of Spanish–American War veterans by the J.O. Varnedoe Camp no. 40 U.S.W.V. and friends.

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Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1905 Buildings and structures in Lowndes County, Georgia Valdosta, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County, Georgia 1905 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub

Monuments and time capsule

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