The Wilkes County Courthouse

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Stock #: 54321
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Washington
State: Georgia (GA)
County: Wilkes
Publisher: ED Marsh
Postmark: 1965
PM City: Washington
PM State: GA
Stamp: 5C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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The wilkes county courthouse, Washington, Ga. Is one of the best examples of Romanesque Gothic Architecture in America. Clock in town refused to run 1865 when Federal Troops quartered there. Records in Courthouse date from 1777. Historic markers on lawn. Site of famous Heard Buffering, last meeting place of confederate Cabinet.

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