Coffee County’s present Stripped Classical courthouse was designed by William J. J. Chase in 1940 to replace the previous courthouse which burned in 1938. I strongly suspect that it was a New Deal project.
Downtown Douglas Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The Coffee County Court House was where I signed up with the U.S. draft in 1961. I was a South Georgia Junior College student. It was a scary time. There was trouble in Cuba, and the Cold War with Communist Russia was at its peak. I remember how stark the place appeared and how life for a young adult didn’t appear so bright at the moment.
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