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Macon County Courthouse

Tuskegee, US

Macon County Courthouse

Macon County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in downtown Tuskegee, Alabama, county seat of Macon County, Alabama. A brick courthouse was constructed in the middle of the 19th century, replacing wooden structures used earlier. The current courthouse, an example of Romanesque Revival archit

ecture, was designed by J.W. Golucke and built in 1905 (completed in 1906). It includes gargoyles. A monument to confederate soldiers is located nearby. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1978. The courthouse is at 101 East Northside Street. Golucke designed numerous courthouses in Georgia. Gargoyles adorn the courthouse's clocktower. In 1957 an amendment to the Alabama Constitution was passed to form a committee to study how to abolish the county. Gerrymanders and syphilis study cases were heard at the courthouse. It is the only courthouse in Alabama designed by Golucke and the only courthouse in Alabama with gargoyles. It has granite trim. The Tuskegee Confederate Monument in Tuskegee Square in front of the courthouse is controversial. Proposals to remove or relocate it have not succeeded and it has been vandalized repeatedly. It sits...

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