The Lincoln County Courthouse, on Courthouse Sq. in

Lincolnton, Georgia Lincolnton is a city and the county seat of Lincoln County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,480 at the 2020 census. It contains numerous houses and historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Both the cit ...

, was built in 1915. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It has a Doric

tetrastyle 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 cultu ...

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 cu ...

with

entablatures An entablature (; nativization of Italian , from "in" and "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals. Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture, and ...

and a heavy

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...

. 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 Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity t ...

surround the courtroom. The

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motif is used in the

. 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, with

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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) {{LincolnCountyGA-NRHP-stub