Slideshow: The Courthouse over the last 100 years

  1. 1 Postcard
  2. 2 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  3. 3 January 1959
  4. 4 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  5. 5 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  6. 6 The handles feature 1903, the year construction began, as a detail in the door handle metalwork.
  7. 7 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  8. 8 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  9. 9 The Courthouse from the rear before the construction of the annex and parking deck
  10. 10 This horseshoe was excavated during Courthouse Annex and Parking Deck construction
  11. 11 Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries
  12. 12 The Courthouse once housed a shoe shine stand in the basement
  13. 13 A citizen stops by the Tax Commissioner's Office in the Courthouse
  14. 14 Construction of the deck's foundation
  15. 15 A crane lowers structural elements in place atop the annex structure.
  16. 16 Workers labor atop the rising annex structure with a view of Foundry Street in the distance.
  17. 17 The annex facade begins to take shape.
  18. 18 Annex & Parking Deck Construction
  19. 19 A network of rebar prepares to receive concrete.
  20. 20 The sign in front of the Courthouse as it is today.
  21. 21 Painting by Art Rosenbaum commemorating Athens' link to the Olympics
  22. 22 A view of the Courthouse exterior as it appears now.