- City:
- Cedartown, GA
- Site Type:
- City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designer:
- Otis Clay Poundstone
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1935, the Works Progress Administration funded the construction of a new city hall for Cedartown. Designed by Atlanta architect Otis Clay Poundstone, the Neoclassical Revival style city hall stands out as it overlooks downtown with Main Street (old US 27) curving around the building. In terms of practicality, this allowed for the addition of a wing in which the fire department was housed. The building also houses the police department and a city auditorium. The city hall was replaced in 1976 with a new Civic Complex to the east, and this became an annex for the Polk County Courthouse known as Polk County Courthouse No. 2.
Source notes
Restoration plaque on building for Polk County Courthouse No. 2
Interpretative sign located in public area across Prior Street indicating architect, funding source, and historical photograph.
"Cedartown Commercial Historic District " National Register Nonimnation https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/74bfdbf4-721b-451d-81f7-e217f8fa0cf5/?branding=NRHP
"Polk County Courthouse No. 2 - 1935 - Cedartown, GA" https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMPRVG_Polk_County_Courthouse_No_2_1935_Cedartown_GA
Site originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on November 8, 2017.
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