The Monroe County Courthouse is the courthouse for

Monroe County, Georgia Monroe County is a County (United States), county located in the Central Georgia, central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 27,957. The county seat is ...

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, which was built in 1896. It was designed by architects

Bruce & Morgan Bruce & Morgan was an American architectural firm based in Atlanta. It was established in 1882 as the partnership of architects Alexander Campbell Bruce (1835-1927) and Thomas Henry Morgan (1857-1940). History Bruce & Morgan were the successors ...

, who also designed the similar

Butts County Courthouse The Butts County Courthouse is an historic former government building designed by Bruce & Morgan and constructed in 1898 by J.H. McKenzie & Son in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, United States. The courthouse is located on West Third Street (US 2 ...

built two years later. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980. The courtroom was called "one of the most impressive in Georgia" in its National Register nomination. with

References

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1896 County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub