Courthouses in Georgia have also been destroyed by disasters including fire, tornadoes, war, and arson.
Greek Revival was another common pre-Civil War architectural style for county courthouses.
[2] During the American Civil War, twelve county courthouses were destroyed by Union troops.
In June 1863, the courthouse of McIntosh County at Darien was destroyed by Union Troops along with most of the town.
Catoosa County's courthouse at Ringgold was saved from destruction by William Tecumseh Sherman when he learned it was also a Masonic lodge.
Many courthouses were being constructed in styles more elaborate than the typical vernacular architecture, which had previously been common.
Neoclassical, Italianate, and Romanesque were the most common architectural styles of county courthouses during the late 1800s.
When modern architecture was not used as the style of a new courthouse, it was often due to an attempt to replicate the appearance of a previous.