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The Old Sumter County Court House to be Torn Down
The center square landmark built in the antebellum era, its gilded clock hands frozen, will soon be demolished. Once a pride of Americus and a hub for justice, judges and famed attorneys of the era held court here, including W. C. Perkins and Charles F. Crisp. The brick structure’s memory preserves rich local legal history as a new temple of justice rises in its place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Court House
Sumter County
Ths Bar
Americus
Jesse Hardy
J. H. Allen
Lamar and
Lee Streets
St Hawkins
Lee and
Forsyth Streets
Bagley
Court House
Squa
W. C. Perkins
Alexander A. Allen
Bainbridge
Allen
R. H. Clarke
Fiest
D. A. Wason
Dawson
James W. Clark
Charles F. Crisp
Clark
Congres
Ansley
Willis Hawkins
H. K. McCay
G. M. Dudley
E. R. Brown
Sumter Court House
Americas
Southern
Middle
Georgia
Alexander H. Stephens
Robert Toombs
Seab Jones
Howell Cobb
Charles Dougherty
R. R