Last big ride of the year! My daughter and I headed east to snag a group of Georgia counties around Augusta. We've completed all the counties that are close to the house, so it takes 2 hours to hit fresh territory. We put on 430 miles and hit 8 new counties (55 remaining). For interest sake, I posted my map where I keep track of the counties we've visited. I added a few highlight photos from the day. Looking forward to wrapping up this quest in 2025! Happy New Year!
More Courthouses!
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That looks like a lot of courthouses left to explore, and you've already covered a lot of ground. Have fun finishing your tour.
Great post. Lovely old building 
Happy new year!
Have fun and be safe on your 2025 quest.
Happy new year!
Have fun and be safe on your 2025 quest.
Fabulous pictures! As a retired architect, I appreciate old public buildings. They are very reflective of the history, culture and aspirations of the period they were built in.
It’s a shame when I roll up to a courthouse and its not the original structure. Even worse when it’s a poorer county and they obviously had to go with a cheap build.
Unfortunately, later additions and renovations don’t do justice to the original structures. It’s a bit sad, but I do understand that in poorer counties the resources for a proper historical renovation just are not available. Sometimes good old structures get replaced by really poor construction too and history is lost.
Bloodknot
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Presumably you have a procedure whereby buildings which are considered to be of historical interest are protected in some way?
Here in the UK we have English Heritage who grade historic buildings, limiting what can and can’t be done to them without further permission.
It’s remarkably easy to remove historic marker designations from buildings, at least in Texas. I’m guessing it’s not hard in other places across the USA. Retaining it is pretty much left up to the owner of the property.
Bloodknot
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In the UK the local authority can serve an enforcement notice on the owner of a listed historic property that is not being properly cared for.
This is just one of the historic properties that I was involved with during my career.
During the refurbishment works.
Other countries have better overall historical protection laws as well as laws in general on what can be built where. There’s a huge difference in the systems here in the USA and how permits and building regulations worked in Finland were I worked for a decade. I’ve seen way too many historic buildings disappear or removed from registry in Texas to be convinced it’s a weak protection system.
