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Newton County Courthouse (Georgia)

Newton County Courthouse
Newton County Georgia Courthouse.jpg
Newton County Courthouse (photograph by Calvin Beale taken in 1969)
Newton County Courthouse (Covington, Georgia) is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
Newton County Courthouse (Covington, Georgia)
Newton County Courthouse (Covington, Georgia) is located in the US
Newton County Courthouse (Covington, Georgia)
Location Courthouse Sq., Covington, Georgia
Coordinates 33°35′49″N 83°51′37″W / 33.59694°N 83.86028°W / 33.59694; -83.86028Coordinates: 33°35′49″N 83°51′37″W / 33.59694°N 83.86028°W / 33.59694; -83.86028
Area less than one acre
Built 1884 (1884)
Architectural style Second Empire
MPS Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP Reference # 80001216
Added to NRHP September 18, 1980

Newton County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Courthouse Square in Covington, Georgia, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia. The courthouse was designed by Bruce & Morgan in a Second Empire architecture style and built in 1884. It was constructed on the same site as a previouse county courthouse building that burned down on December 31, 1883. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.

The courthouse features in two postcards from around 1907.


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