Lee County is named for Richard Henry Lee, who was a Virginia politician and a leader in the independence Movement or for Henry “light Horse Harry” Lee, who was a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Sumter County
E – Crisp County and Worth County
S – Dougherty County
W – Terrell County
Created: December 14, 1826 
County Seat:
Starkville 1826 – 1854
Webster 1854 – 1856
Starkville 1856 – 1872
Leesburg 1872 – present
County Courthouse – Leesburg
Location: 100 Leslie Highway / 4th Street
Built: 1917 – 1918
Style: Neo-Classical Revival
Architect: James J Baldwin
Contractor: R W Wimbish
Description: The building faces west and is a two story red colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Leesville. The west front has a large portico with four Doric columns rising to a pediment with round window above the second story. Brick quoins on the entrance and end pavilions are decorative as are the emphasized keystones on the second story windows and the bracketed entablature with cartouche over the entry. The north entrance has a stone overhang above. Behind the pediment is a raised brick section. A horizontal white colored band runs below the projecting cornice. On the center of the hipped roof is a square white colored cupola rising in stages to a clock with four sides and gold colored dome. The clocks are in the second stage and are topped with a pediment and flanked by coupled pilasters. In the interior, there is a cross floor plan with four entrances on the first story. Walls are of plaster with wood bench railing, some paneling. The floors are of tile and terrazzo. Two staircases lead to the second story where the County Superior Court courtroom is located. The courtroom that has wood paneling and plaster walls. The building houses the County Superior Court, County Juvenile Court and County Probate Court of the 3rd Judicial District.
See: The architect, James J Baldwin also designed courthouses in Atkinson County, Bacon County, Barrow County, Bleckley County, Candler County, Evans County, Liberty County and Treutlen County, and in North Carolina in Cherokee County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Lee County Courthouse
See: The 3rd Judicial District includes Bibb County, Chattahoochee County, Crawford County, Harris County, Houston County, Macon County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Peach County, Schley County, Stewart County, Sumter County, Talbot County, Taylor County and Webster County.
History: The county was created in 1826 and Starkville was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was built in Starkville in 1837. In 1854, the county seat was moved to Webster and the second courthouse was built. The third courthouse was built in Starkville in 1861 after the county seat was moved back until it was moved to Leesville in 1872. A building was used as the fourth courthouse but it burned in 1872. Work started on a new courthouse but work was halted in 1874 and the unfinished building was sold. The fifth courthouse was constructed in 1880. The sixth and present courthouse was constructed in 1918.
County Courthouse – Leesburg
County Superior Court courtroom
County Governmental Building
Photos taken 2013 and 2020