Murray County Courthouse in

Chatsworth, Georgia Chatsworth is a city in and the county seat of Murray County, Georgia, Murray County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia, Dalton metropolitan area, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its populati ...

was built in 1916. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It has an elevated position and can be viewed from afar. A 1980 architectural survey identified it as one of only two

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applications among Georgia courthouses. The other is the Old Effingham County Courthouse in

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. The survey asserted it "is the most important architectural structure in Chatsworth."

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1916 Buildings and structures in Murray County, Georgia County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Murray County, Georgia {{MurrayCountyGA-NRHP-stub