The Old Effingham County Courthouse is a historic

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, the

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of Effingham County in east central

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.Wilber W. Caldwell, ''The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair'' (Mercer University Press, 2001), pp. 549-50. It is located on

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, at 901 North Pine Street in Springfield. The courthouse was designed by

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architect Hyman C. Whitcover and was built from 1908 to 1909 at a cost of $40,000, soon after George Mills Brinson's railroad was extended to Springfield in August 1907.Gary L. Doster, ''East Central Georgia in Vintage Postcards'' (Arcadia Publishing, 1998), p. 64. The courthouse is in the

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, with

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aspects. The building replaced a previous county courthouse built in 1849.Effingham County Courthouse
Digital Library of Georgia. The Old Effingham County Courthouse was added to the

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on September 18, 1980. Construction began on a new courthouse, officially the Effingham County Judicial Complex, in 2004, with construction complete by late 2006, occupation in January 2007, and a dedication ceremony in March 2007. The old courthouse is now used as the Effingham County

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's office. The offices of the county tax commissioner are also located in old courthouse.Effingham County Office of the Tax Commissioner
Other county administrative offices are located in separate building (formerly a church) near the new courthouse.

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Exterior and interior photographs
of the Old Effingham County Courthouse * {{Commons category-inline, Effingham County Courthouse Buildings and structures in Effingham County, Georgia Effingham County Courthouse Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1909 Palladian architecture Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Effingham County, Georgia

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