| Banks County Courthouse | |
| Location: | Off U.S. 441, Homer, Georgia |
| Coordinates: | 34.3347°N -83.4989°W |
| Builder: | John Willis Pruitt, Samuel W. Pruitt |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | September 18, 1980 |
| Mpsub: | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
| Refnum: | 80000969 |
The Old Banks County Courthouse is in Homer, Georgia. Construction started in 1860 but was interrupted because of the American Civil War. Construction was paid for with $6,600 in Confederate money. Construction was finished in 1875. (The Georgia Courthouse Manual dates it as completed in 1863.) The building is a two-story brick courthouse with a stone foundation in the Greek Revival style. It is similar to many courthouses in Virginia, which is a result of the builders being from Virginia. It has Tuscan columns that are on top of one-story brick piers. The interior originally had a cross plan. The courtroom and judge's chambers are on the second floor, which are accessed by outside double stairways.
A new courthouse replaced this one in 1987. There were plans to demolish the building, but the citizens voted by more than a 2:1 margin to save it. It was restored in 1987–1989 with funding through a hotel/motel tax.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.