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Wright Square: Old County Courthouse

Wright Square is traditionally the Courthouse square. The first Courthouse building on this lot was erected as early as 1736. The newly restored present Courthouse was designed by the famous Boston architect William G. Preston and built in 1889. The three story building with clock tower, built of pale yellow brick with terra cotta decoration, is an interpretation of the Romanesque style. The Richardsonian-inspired arched entrance on the west facade has a terra cotta botanical pattern over the door and the date "1889." Buff terra cotta motifs occur on three sides of the building.

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Wright Square
1. United States Post Office
(1898) 127 Bull Street. Massive Georgia marble and granite building with intricate friezes under eaves.
2. Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout National Center
(Wayne-Gordon House Museum, c.1818). An imposing Regency mansion in shades of brown; birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low.
3. Old Chatham County Courthouse
(1889) 124 Bull Street. Romanesque yellow brick and terra cotta on granite base.
4. Lutheran Church of the Ascension
(1879) Bull Street on Wright Square. Soaring French Gothic spires; founded by the Lutherans from Salzburg, Austria.

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