Jasper County - American Courthouses

Jasper County is named for William Jasper, who was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Surrounding County Courthouses:

N – Hampton County

E – Beaufort County

S – Atlantic Ocean and Chatham County, Georgia

W – Chatham County, Georgia and Effingham County, Georgia

Created: January 30, 1912

County Seat:

Ridgeland 1912 – present

County Courthouse – Ridgeland

Location: 265 Russell Street / 3rd Avenue

Built: 1915 – 1916

Style: Georgian

Architect: William Augustus Edwards of Darlington

Contractor: C V York

Description: The building faces east and is a two story red colored brick, concrete, iron and wood structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of Ridgeland. The building has a large portico supported by four large white colored Ionic columns with a pediment above. There is a white colored horizontal band above the second story windows. The roof is hipped with gables on the north and south. In the interior, the first story has a cross-hallway plan dividing the space into four quadrants. At the north side is a double-run stair which ascends to the second story where the large County Circuit Court courtroom occupies most of the floor space. Behind the judge’s bench is a tabernacle frame rising to a pediment. There is a small County Circuit court courtroom on the first story. The building houses the County Circuit Court, County Family Court and County Probate Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit. On the west side is the Clementa C Pinckney Government Building.

See: The architect William August Edwards designed other courthouses in Abbeville County, Calhoun County, Darlington County (former courthouse), Dillon County, Kershaw County (former courthouse), Lee County, Sumter County and York County and in Florida in Sumter County .

See: The 14th Judicial Circuit includes Allendale County, Beaufort County, Colleton County and Hampton County.

See: National Register of Historic Places – Jasper County Courthouse

History: The county was created in 1912 and Ridgeland was selected as the county seat. The present courthouse constructed in 19`5 to 1916 is the first and only courthouse erected in the county.