Editing Lowndes County, Georgia (section)

==Courthouses==
[[File:Lowndes County Courthouse 1900.JPG|thumb|left|The Old Lowndes County Courthouse as it appeared around the early 1900s.]]
[[Lowndes County Courthouse (Georgia)|The county's former courthouse]] was built ''circa'' 1905 and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]; it was the county's seventh courthouse. The first courthouse was built in 1828 at Franklinville, the original county seat. In 1834 another courthouse was built at the new county seat of Troupville. It was replaced by a new courthouse in 1842. The 1842 structure was destroyed by a fire set by William B. Crawford in June 1858.

The first courthouse at Valdosta was built in 1860 and was a wooden structure that was sold for the funding of a new courthouse by 1869. The wooden building used for the [[probate court|courts of ordinary]] burned down in 1869. Lowndes County was without an official courthouse for a number of years. A two-story brick building was completed in 1874. In 1900, county commissioners decided that a larger structure was needed. In March 1904 the old courthouse was demolished and in 1905, the seventh courthouse was completed. This is the structure that is locally referred to in the 21st century as 'the old courthouse.' In August and September 2010, the county government moved to a new judicial complex.<ref name="courthousemove">{{cite web |url=http://valdostadailytimes.com/opinion/x664158735/What-We-Think-Goodbye-Courthouse |title=What We Think: Goodbye, Courthouse >> What We Think >> Valdosta Daily Times |access-date=September 19, 2010 |publisher=Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. |work=Valdosta Daily Times |author= |date=August 11, 2010}}</ref>

The 1905 Lowndes County Courthouse is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful county courthouses in Georgia. It is used for meetings, public display, and other community attractions. Today it is used for many events, meetings, and political purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/courthouses/lowndesch.htm |title="Lowndes county courthouse" December 5, 2010. |publisher=Georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu |access-date=September 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://valdostamuseum.com/exhibitions/online-exhibits-2/places/lowndes-county-courthouse/ |title=Lowndes County Courthouse &#124; Lowndes County Historical Society Museum |publisher=Valdostamuseum.com |access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref>