Macon County is named for Nathaniel Macon, who was a United States legislator from North Carolina.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Elmore County, Tallapoosa County and Lee County
E – Lee County and Russell County
S – Bullock County
Created: December 18, 1832
County Seat:
Tuskegee 1832 – present
County Courthouse – Tuskegee
Location: 101 East Rosa Parks Avenue / North Main Street
Built: 1905– 1906
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque
Architect: James Wingfield Golucke & Company of Atlanta, Georgia
Contractor: C G Totherow & Company of Birmingham
Description: The building faces southeast and is a three story buff colored brick, stone and concrete structure. The building is located in the center of Tuskegee. The southeast front has a high seven story square brick clock tower with steep roof. There are octagonal towers on either side of the clock tower. On the west side is a three arched porticoes. The courthouse is the only courthouse in Alabama that has gargoyles locate at each corner of the clock tower. The courtroom is located on the second story. The building is named as the Judge Aubrey Ford Jr. Justice Center. The building houses the County Circuit Court of the 5th Judicial Circuit and the County District Court and County Probate Court.
See: The architect, James Wingfield Golucke of Atlanta designed many courthouses and jails in Georgia and Alabama.
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See: National Register of Historic Places – Macon County Courthouse
See: The 5th Judicial Circuit includes Chambers County, Randolph County and Tallapoosa County.
History: The county was created in 1832 and Tuskegee was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was a log cabin built in 1833 in the center of Tuskegee on the town square. The second courthouse was designed by Charles Ordeman and built in 1853. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1905 to 1906 at a cost of $42,000.
County Courthouse – Tuskegee
County Circuit Court courtroom
Photos taken 2010 and 2020
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