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Brooks County officials paid for the structure with $14,958 in Confederate money. The currency soon became useless. The Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, formerly a library, was adapted for use as a cultural center. It is the site of a series of music, art, and culinary events throughout the year.
Brooks County Courthouse. September 18, 1980 : Screven St and Court Street Quitman: Built in 1859 3: Brooks County Jail: Brooks County Jail ...
The Quitman Historic District is a 417-acre (169 ha) historic district located in Quitman, Georgia.It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]The district contains late 19th and early 20th century brick buildings in the commercial district and mainly wood-frame homes from various periods and styles in the residential area.
Quitman was designated the county seat of the newly formed Brooks County in 1858. It was incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1904. [8] As the county seat, it was the center of trading in the county, which was devoted to cotton plantations before and after the American Civil War.
The Brooks County Courthouse was built from 1859–64; it was designed by architect John Wind. [3] Because of shortages of material and labor, the courthouse was one of only two courthouses in Georgia built during the Civil War; the other is the Banks County Courthouse in Homer. [3]
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Morven is the oldest community established by Europeans in Brooks County. [5] The Coffee Road was opened through Morven circa 1823. Sion Hall, one of the first settlers, saw an opportunity to use his sawmill and to farm. The area was developed for large cotton plantations, based on enslaved African-American field workers.
Brooks County deputies responded to a home on the 2000 block of Webster Road in Quitman, south Georgia, at around 4:45 p.m. ET for a report of multiple minors being attacked by a dog, according to ...