The Campbell County Courthouse in

Fairburn, Georgia Fairburn is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, with a population of 16,483, according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Though it has a rich history of its own, the city is ...

, also known as the Old Campbell County Courthouse, is a

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brick building that was built in 1871. It was the courthouse for the defunct

Campbell County, Georgia Campbell County was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from to . It was created by the state legislature on December 20, 1828, from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became ...

, until it merged into Fulton County in 1932. with It is significant in part for being a very late example of 19th-century high classical style in Georgia, as it was built just six years after the

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. During that period there was little construction at all, and continuing construction followed eclectic styles rather than the "purely classical forms" executed in this courthouse's design. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1871 Buildings and structures in Fulton County, Georgia Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia {{FultonCountyGA-NRHP-stub