Candler County - American Courthouses

Candler County is named for Allen Daniel Candler, who was the fifty-ninth governor of Georgia.

Surrounding County Courthouses:

N – Emanuel County and Bulloch County

E – Bulloch County

S – Evan County and Tattnall County

W – Emanuel County

Created: July 14, 1914

County Seat:

Metter 1914 – present

County Courthouse – Metter

Location: 705 North Lewis Street / South Roundtree Street

Built: 1921 – 1922

Style: Neo-Classical Revival

Architect: James J Baldwin

Contractor: King Lumber Company

Description: The building faces north and is a two story buff colored brick and concrete style structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on spacious landscaped grounds of the Town Square in the center of Metter. The north front has a large portico supported by four large white colored columns rising to the pediment at the roof line. An oculus is in the pediment. All four entries remain open and have new steel and glass doors. Above each is a bracketed, broken pediment with a center cartouche. There is projecting section above the entrance. A horizontal white colored band runs above the second story windows. On the center of the roof is a high square cupola with clock. The roof is hipped. In the interior is a cross plan with small rotunda. Two staircases lead to the second story. Double, frosted glass and wooden doors open into the County Superior Court courtroom from each side. The courtroom has been recently repainted in three shades of green. Pilasters are on three sides of the room; the original bench is flanked by pilasters and a heavy pediment. The ceiling has three deeply recessed areas; one originally was open so that light from the dome shone into the courtroom. Vertical beaded board wainscoting surrounds the room. The building houses the County Superior Court, County State Court, County Juvenile Court, County Probate Court and Magistrate Court of the 8th Judicial District.

See: The architect, James J Baldwin also designed courthouses in Atkinson County, Bacon County, Barrow County, Evans County, Lee County, Liberty County and Treutlen County, and in North Carolina in Cherokee County.