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Photograph of Dodge County Courthouse
Photograph by Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Dodge County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Dodge County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Eastman, Georgia. Built in 1908, it was designed by Eastman-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas.”

Wikipedia article Dodge County Courthouse (Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Courthouse Sq., Eastman, 31023
  • When was it listed? September 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Georgia County Courthouses TR
  • Census division. Eastman
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Edward Columbus Hosford
  • National Register reference number. 80001012 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

749 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 749 fires within 5 miles of Dodge County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,748 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 128 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning439
Arson/incendiarism128
Equipment and vehicle use59
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking13
Railroad operations and maintenance5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DODGE-016
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DODGE-015
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DODGE-017
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DODGE-014
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this property

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastman, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 31 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Eastman2 hurt, $350,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF1 tornado, with a maximum wind speed of 90 mph, had touched down about one mile west of downtown Eastman and traveled north-northeast to a point about four miles north-northeast of downtown Eastman. The total path length of the tornado was 4.5 miles with a maximum path width of 100 yards. A number of retail buildings on U.S. Highway 23 sustained minor damage. However, an adjacent greenhouse was destroyed. The announcers booth at the Eastman High School football field was destroyed. Two unsecured mobile homes along the path of the tornado were destroyed. A man and woman were injured when a home in the the Greenwood Heights Subdivision was destroyed. Both injuries were the result of fallen and flying debris. The home was destroyed by a large tree which crashed through the home. Numerous trees and power lines were downed along the path of the tornado, several of which fell on and caused damage to homes.
April 2007Tornado (EF2)Eastman$500,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that yet another tornado touched down in Dodge county and traveled very near the city of Eastman once again. This tornado was from a different complex of thunderstorms than the one that caused the first tornado earlier. However, this was the same complex of thunderstorms that caused the tornado earlier in Crisp county. This time the tornado touched down one mile south of downtown Eastman, traveling northeast. The total path length was 4.5 miles with a maximum path width of 200 yards. The maximum wind speed within the tornado was estimated to be 120 mph. The Dodge County Road Department's garage was destroyed. Two mobile homes in the area were destroyed. A nearby home suffered significant damage when parts of its roof, an exterior wall, and patio were removed. An adjacent barn was also destroyed. Several other homes in the area sustained minor damage.
June 2006LightningEastman$75,000The Dodge County News of Eastman reported that lightning struck a home on Glen Hickman Road causing significant damage to the home. The top floor was destroyed by fire and the bottom floor suffered heat and water damage.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Eastman$50,000A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF0 anticyclonic tornado touched down near the Dodge County Hospital off Plaza Avenue, initially uprooting trees and peeling back the roof of a nursing home. The tornado continue on a northward track, causing minor roof, siding, and gutter damage to several community homes and downing large tree branches just east of Georgia Highway 117. A front porch of a home off Harrell Avenue collapsed as a result of the winds. Several trees were downed or uprooted, and a brick building and CVS store near the intersection of Highway 117 and Highway 23/Oak Street sustained roof loss. The tornado continued northward causing roof and gutter damage to numerous residential and commercial buildings in Eastman, east of Oak Street and 5th Avenue/Georgia Highway 46. Additional tree damage was observed north of Eastman-Dublin Highway near 7th Avenue. After downing trees near a home at the intersection of Shady Acres and Old Eastman-Dublin Road, the tornado lift. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 MPH.|[05/14/14: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF0, Dodge, 2014:006].
May 1995Thunderstorm WindEastman$45,000Thunderstorm winds knocked over a silo on Tripp Farms. Trees were knocked down county-wide.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindEastman$35,000The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of large pecan trees were blown down just south of Eastman. One tree landed on a truck and another on a mobile home causing considerable damage to the property. An amateur radio operator reported that a couple of trees were down off Rock Springs Road south of U.S. Highway 341.
September 2021Flash FloodEastman$30,000The Emergency Manager relayed multiple reports of flash flooding including road closures and washed out roads in and around the city of Eastman. Some of these reports include Wilson Woodward Road (washed out), from 7th to 9th, MLK Blvd to Cooper Drive, Abbeville Highway, Level Church and near the intersection of Airport Road and Ready Branch Road. Radar estimates indicate that between 4 and 5 inches of rain, with localized areas of up to 8 inches, had fallen over the area in a short period of time, resulting in the flash flooding.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEastman$25,000A newspaper reported thunderstorm winds took part of the roof off of a bank and tore a hangar door from an aircraft shop at Georgia Technical Institute.
October 2015Flash FloodEastman$15,000The Dodge County emergency manager reported intense rainfall in Eastman caused rapid runoff that entered portions of the Eastman Gardens Apartment Complex. At least six apartments were flooded with several inches of water.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindEastman$10,000The Dodge County Emergency Management Director and WMAZ Television of Macon reported that several trees and power lines were blown down around Eastman. The roof was also blown off a barn under construction near Eastman.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindEastman$10,000The public reported a barn blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 1999LightningEastman$10,000Lightning struck the chimney on a new home on Friendship Church Road. Falling brick caused damage to the roof and deck. There was also water damage inside the house.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEastman$5,000The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that more than 10 trees were blown down across the county. Six roads were temporarily blocked from downed trees. Some of the blocked roads included Middleground Church Road, Eastman-Cochran Road, Antioch Church Road, Chester Road, and Mitchell Road.
March 1998LightningEastman$5,000A church was damaged when lightning struck a tree which fell onto it. The church was located on Rocky Spring Road in Dodge county. The time was estimated.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindEastman$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several power lines along Mt. Avery road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEastman$4,000The Dodge County 911 center reported power lines blown down around the intersection of Highway 117 and Pine Crest Drive.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEastman$3,000The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported 3 trees blown down on Highway 87 south of Eastman.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindEastman$2,500Several trees were knocked down along Georgia Highway 87.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEastman$2,000The public reported that strong thunderstorm winds blew down a power line and also broke off a railroad crossing arm.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEastman$2,000The Dodge County 911 Center reported that ten trees were down in the western part of the county, west of Eastman.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEastman$2,000The Dodge county 911 center reported that some trees and power lines were down.
May 1998HailEastman$2,000The public reported golf ball size hail covering the yard.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEastman$2,000Several trees were knocked down by the Post Office in Eastman as well as along Georgia Highway 117 just south of Eastman.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,500Amateur radio operators and the broadcast media relayed reports of trees down on Bethel Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue as well as at Main and 5th Streets. An amateur radio operator estimated the gust at 60 MPH.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,500The Dodge County 911 Center reported that six to eight trees were blown down in the Eastman area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,500The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that approximately six trees were down within the county. Most of the trees were located in the far southern part of the county around Rhine, although one tree was down on Georgia Highway 87 at Isham Springs Road.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000Tree down on Edna Moore Road between Hwy 341 and Hwy 87.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down across the intersection of 5th Avenue and Ogden Street.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000The Dodge County 911 center reported trees blown down in Eastman and Plainfield.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that two trees and one power line were down near Eastman.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000WMAZ Television of Macon reported that about three large trees were blown down in northern Dodge county.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000The Dodge county 911 center reported that the wing of a glider parked at the Eastman airport was damaged.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000Dodge county 911 reported trees and power lines down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000A radio station reported thunderstorm winds knocked a few trees down and caused roof damage between Eastman and Hawkinsville. Power outages were also reported.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindEastman$1,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEastman$500The Dodge County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down in Eastman. One was down along Highway 87 and another on Rocky Springs Road near Highway 341.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEastman$500Dodge county 911 reported several trees down across secondary roads near highway 341.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindEastman$500no account filed
February 2003Thunderstorm WindEastman$250The Dodge county 911 center reported that one tree was down.
September 2023HailEastman-Report of quarter-sized hail on 800 block of Chester Hwy. Lasted 6-7 minutes.
September 2021Flash FloodEastman-There were several social media reports of flooding of the Eastman Walmart Parking lot. Radar estimates indicate that between 4 and 5 inches of rain had fallen over the area in a short period of time, resulting in the flash flooding.
June 2020HailEastman-A photo of hail the size of quarters was shared on social media from the intersection of 9th Avenue and Pine Drive in Eastman.
October 2019Flash FloodEastman-The Emergency Manager reported water over the road at Sheldon Street and 6th Avenue. A drainage ditch had to be cleared. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain quickly accumulated over the area, causing the issue.
October 2019Flash FloodEastman-The Emergency Manager reported water over Norman Street. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rainfall accumulated quickly over the area, causing the flooding.
September 2019HailEastman-The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported hail the size of pennies at the EMA office in Eastman.
March 2011HailEastman-The public observed quarter-sized hail between Eastman and Plainfield.
June 2009HailEastman-The public observed penny-sized hail.
June 2009HailEastman-The public observed quarter-sized hail around Eastman. The Dodge County 911 Center observed pea-sized hail in Eastman. Radar data suggests that penny to nickel-sized hail likely fell from Eastman to approximately six miles east-northeast of Eastman.
August 2008HailEastman-The public observed penny-sized hail between Gresston and Plainfield.
March 2005HailEastman-The public observed quarter-sized hail just south of Eastman.
July 2003HailEastman-The public reported penny-sized hail.
January 2003Thunderstorm WindEastman-The Dodge county 911 center reported pea size hail.

Every storm recorded in Dodge County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Dodge County Jail0.2 miles2013
William Pitt Eastman House0.3 miles1995
Eastman Bus Station0.4 miles2002
Peabody School0.7 miles2004
Williamson Mausoleum at Orphans Cemetery2.4 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001012 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dodge CountyAll 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.