[1] It is a three-story Greek Revival-style brick courthouse built in 1848–49, and expanded in 1938 with two wings.

Its third story was added by and for the local Masonic organization.

[2] David Demarest was a master carpenter and practical architect.

[3] He also built the Old Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin, Georgia.

This article about a property in Georgia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.