Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail

The Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail are three buildings built in 1939. Their construction was funded by the Public Works Administration, as a project under the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to invest in infrastructure. They were designed by architect William J.J. Chase in Stripped Classical style.[2]

Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E. Haralson St., LaGrange, Georgia
Coordinates	33°2′25″N 85°1′50″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1939
Built by	A.J. Honeycutt Co.
Architect	William J.J. Chase
Architectural style	Stripped Classicism
MPS	Georgia County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	95000721[1]
Added to NRHP	June 8, 1995

LaGrange was in the news in January 2017 for the public apology of its police chief and mayor for the city's failure to prevent the 1940 lynching of Austin Callaway, a young black man.[3] Callaway was taken by a gang of white men from the jail, which presumably was this Troup County Jail.

The old Troup County Courthouse is used in the 21st century as the Juvenile Courthouse. The jail behind it was torn down in 2001 when the Troup County Government Center was built.

A former private Victorian home, built in 1892, was acquired by the county and operated as the Troup County Jail until replaced by the new facility in 1939. After being used in other ways, the building was restored and adapted for use since 2001 as the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum / LaGrange Art Museum.[4][5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Leslie N. Sharp (April 13, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved January 27, 2017. with 12 photos
3. Emanuella Grinberg (January 27, 2017). "'Justice failed Austin Callaway': Town attempts to atone for 1940 lynching". CNN.
4. Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., and Julie Turner (May 10, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: LaGrange Commercial Historic District / Downtown LaGrange Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 27, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) with 30 photos
5. "LaGrange Art Museum". New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2013.