Albany, Georgia's Courthouses

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• FLOOD SCENE IN ALBANY

  Albany, Jan. 1925. The Flint River overflowed its banks and caused this flood damage.
• Flood scene near Albany

  Albany, Jan. 1925. Two men in a boat attempt to rescue a cow in high water. The Flint River overran its banks.
• [Photograph of Lewis Green Sutton, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, not after 1862]

  "Albany, taken before 1862. Lewis Green Sutton--33rd Degree Mason. Uniform. Was a civil eng. who helped to lay out the city of Albany. This is a carte de visite."--from field notes
• [Photograph of steamboat loaded with goods on the Flint River, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, 1908]

  Albany, 1908. Steamboat loaded with goods on the Flint River. Note the paddle wheel at the rear.
• Flint River flood, 1994

  This 1994 aerial photograph shows the historic Baker County Courthouse, built in Newton, Georgia in 1900, flooded by the Flint River. The tops of trees and power lines are visible above the water., Baker County has been subject to several floodings of the river throughout its history, most notably in 1925, 1929, and 1994. Today the repaired courthouse holds the county's public library and historical society headquarters.
• Insurance Maps of Albany including Putney, Dougherty County, Georgia, April 1920 / Sanborn Map Company

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of elevators, windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• Insurance maps of Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, Dec. 1911 / Sanborn Map Company

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of elevators, windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• Insurance maps of Albany, Dougherty Co., Georgia, Dec. 1905 / published by the Sanborn Map Company

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of elevators, windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• Insurance maps of Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, March 1895 / Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Limited

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• Albany, Dougherty Co., Georgia, April, 1890 / Sanborn Perris Map Co. Limited

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• Albany, Georgia, March 1885 / Sanborn Map and Publishing Co. Limited

  Fire insurance maps which show building construction by hand coloring, locations of windows and doors, and available water facilities., Shows commercial and religious occupancy of buildings, dwellings with property boundaries, and house and block numbers., Includes notes on population, water facilities, fire department, and prevailing winds., The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.
• [Photograph of Albany City Hall, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, between 1936 and 1940]

  Albany, 1936-1940. Albany City Hall, located in the 200 block of Pine Avenue.
• COURT HOUSE ALBANY, GA Pine Street- Court House built in 1903 - demolished for new Court House - City Hall completed in 1969

  Albany, early 1900s. Dougherty County courthouse, located on Pine Street, was built in 1903. It was demolished in 1969 an replaced by a new Courthouse - City Hall.
• Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a mass meeting as well as a civil rights march and the arrest of marchers in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December

  In this WSB newsfilm clip from Albany, Georgia, in December, 1961, police detain African American civil rights protesters in an alley; a march leaves Shiloh Baptist Church and is met downtown by Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett; and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a mass meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church and encourages listeners to continue their struggle against segregation., The clip begins with a group of African Americans gathered in an alley which is blocked by a car. Policemen are on one side of the car, and cameramen filming the incident are on the other. Several African American men carry an unconscious woman from the alley to the car where police help her inside. Some of the African Americans waiting in the alley examine a camera, comfort each other, and later kneel and pray. Next, images of a mass meeting in Shiloh Baptist Church are interspersed with scenes of a march leaving the church and continuing through the African American section of Albany. March leaders include King, Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy, Dr. William G. Anderson, president of the Albany Movement, and his wife, Norma Anderson. Chief Pritchett addresses the march participants with a bullhorn when they reach downtown. Other African Americans, raingear-clad police, and media representatives observe the march. On Saturday, December 16, 1961, after city officials refused to meet with local black leaders, more than 250 Albany residents joined King, Abernathy, and the Andersons, marched downtown, and were arrested. Finally, the audio portion of the clip begins with scenes of a standing-room-only mass meeting in Shiloh Baptist Church where the congregation sings "Pray on" in a call-and-response style, led by a man, possibly Reverend Benjamin Gay, chaplain of the Albany Movement. King also addresses the meeting, emphasizing that Albany needs to be informed that African Americans do not like segregation. He stresses that segregation is still the "Negro's burden and America's shame;" he notes that by pressing on with anti-segregation demonstrations, that activists could reach beyond Albany's African American community and prove the continuation of segregation to be too costly to the nation. Individuals identified on the dais in the clip include King; Dr. Anderson; Reverend Wyatt Walker, director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Marion Page, executive secretary of the Albany Movement; and Ruby Hurley, lawyer for the NAACP. At the conclusion of King's speech, the audience sings, "Everybody Wants Freedom." King's speech was probably given December 15, after his arrival in Albany and before his arrest December 16., Title supplied by cataloger.
• King, Abernathy and Young attend hearing at Dougherty County Court House (No date).

  King, Abernathy and Young attend hearing at Dougherty County Court House (No date)., Title supplied by cataloger., Optical sound., Condition notes: 2009-03-01, Leader Replaced (Yancey)
• Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a civil rights march and resulting arrest; civil rights preachers and local officials speaking at mass meetings; groups of Albany city officials as well as civil rights leaders entering the federal courthouse; and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy at a press conference in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July

  In this series of mostly silent WSB newsfilm clips from July 1962, demonstrators leave Shiloh Baptist Church, march through Albany's Harlem neighborhood, and are arrested when they reach downtown; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. William G. Anderson, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett speak at mass meetings at Mt. Zion and Shiloh Baptist Churches; and King and Abernathy speak at a press conference after their July 12 release from jail., The clip is divided into two segments. The first segment, which lasts about nine minutes, begins with silent images of mass meetings at Shiloh Baptist Church led by Wyatt Walker, then the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), interspersed with footage of a march through Harlem led by Albany minister Reverend Robert Alford and SCLC minister Reverend C. K. Steele of Florida. Andrew Young is among the marchers. Some of the demonstrators wear black armbands to protest King's and Abernathy's July 10th conviction for "parading without a permit." The protesters are flanked by Albany police as they march through downtown and are eventually arrested. They are led into Freedom Alley, where they sing while they wait., The series of images from the march is followed by silent footage of King speaking at a mass meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church. During the meeting, the Freedom Singers sing. King's remarks are followed by speeches by Dr. William G. Anderson and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. Slater King and an unidentified African American man briefly converse with police chief Laurie Pritchett before he addresses the congregation about the rock-throwing incident the previous evening, July 10. Pritchett's remarks are followed by an additional silent segment of King speaking. Among the men seated or standing on the dais are Charles Jones and Dr. William Anderson., Next, at a July 12 press conference in Shiloh Baptist Church, King and Abernathy pledge to stay in Albany until charges are dropped against all who were arrested in December for civil rights protests. King expresses his frustration at his early release from jail. He states that he does not "appreciate the subtle and conniving tactics used to get us [King and Abernathy] out of jail." On July 10, Albany Judge A. N. Durden had ordered King and Abernathy to spend forty-five days in prison or pay a $178 fine for parading without a permit on December 16, 1961; both chose to go to jail rather than pay the fine. King and Abernathy were released from prison July 12 when their fine was reportedly paid by an unidentified stranger. Wyatt Walker is seen sitting behind the two men. More scenes of the march in Albany and of Freedom Alley follow., The second segment of the clip, which is about eight minutes long, returns to the press conference at Shiloh Baptist Church where King and Abernathy are again seen expressing their frustration at their early release from prison. There are also more scenes from the mass meeting where Slater King and Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett speak to the audience., Title supplied by cataloger., Optical sound., IMLS Grant, 2008., Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer., Condition notes: 2009-03-01, Leader Replaced (Yancey)
• WALB newsfilm clip of Martin Luther King, Jr. answering reporters' questions about a federal injunction barring civil rights protests in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 21

  In this WALB newsfilm clip from July 21, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. answers reporters' questions from the steps of Albany City Hall in Albany, Georgia, after being served with a federal injunction barring civil rights protests. The clip begins with King leaving city hall after receiving the restraining order, accompanied by Dr. William G. Anderson, president of the Albany Movement, and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As the men exit the building, reporters waiting outside begin questioning King. When asked if the restraining order means the end of mass demonstrations, King responds that a decision will be made after he, Anderson, and Abernathy review the papers and confer with movement lawyers. In response to another reporter's question, King mentions that Donald L. Hollowell, one of the Albany Movement lawyers, is back in Atlanta. Hollowell had flown to New Orleans to request that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals consider reversing the restraining order. Another reporter asks King if he knew of the injunction prior to arriving at city hall at 2:00 pm. King reveals that he had heard the previous night that there was an attempt to get an injunction, and that it had been discussed at a mass meeting held that evening. He expected a state court to issue an injunction, but was surprised that a federal court agreed to do so. King explains that he and many of the other civil rights leaders in Albany were unavailable earlier in the day because they wanted to discuss issues as a group before the injunction was issued; he declines to reveal where they met. He then informs the reporters that they may reach movement leadership with further questions through the law offices of C. B. King, or the office of Dr. Anderson; he also notes that he anticipates a press conference will be held from Dr. Anderson's office later in the day. Finally, King emphasizes that he considers the injunction unjust, and confirms that the leadership will appeal the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court. Albany city officials obtained a temporary restraining order from federal judge J. Robert Elliott on July 21 prohibiting protests and other mass demonstrations led by those named in the injunction. Movement lawyers C. B. King of Albany and Donald Hollowell of Atlanta, working with other regional and national civil rights lawyers, successfully convinced chief federal appellate court judge Elbert P. Tuttle to reverse the injunction on July 24., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for digital conversion and description of the WALB News Film collection., Title provided by cataloger.
• Damage to the Dougherty County Courthouse done by the tornado.

  Photograph of damage done to the Dougherty County Courthouse and other structures by a tornado, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, 1940 Feb.
• [Photograph of aerial view of prison building at the county farm, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia]

  Albany. Aerial view of north side of new prison building at the county farm, located on Newton Road. John Lowe, who designed the building arrangement, had it patented. It was known as the "Patented Prison."
• Dougherty County Courthouse
• Dougherty County Courthouse

  Architecture Style: Modern, Courthouse Details: Dougherty County court was first held in rented rooms until the first courthouse was completed, by slave labor, in 1856. This courthouse was replaced in 1904 with a two-store brick building , which was destroyed by fire in 1966. In 1968, the city of Albany and Dougherty County built a shared government building and courthouse. By 1990, city and county governments had outgrown the courthouse building. In 1993, a new 5-story brick Albany-Doughtery County Government Center was built across the street to house the non-judicial agencies of city and county governments. The 1968 building became the Albany-Dougherty County Judicial Building and continues to serve as the Dougherty County courthouse.
• C.B. King U.S. Courthouse

  Photograph of the C. B. King U.S. Courthouse, located in downtown Albany, Georgia. This structure is a modern-style three story building with a curved, domed section at the center. Archways line a single-story portico across the front. Palms grow outside the building. This courthouse was named for prominent civil rights attorney C. B. King. Designed by architect J. W. Robinson, it was completed in November 2002.
• C.B. King U.S. Courthouse

  Photograph of the C. B. King U.S. Courthouse, located in downtown Albany, Georgia. This structure is a modern-style three story building with a curved, domed section at the center. Archways line a single-story portico across the front. Palms grow outside the building. This courthouse was named for prominent civil rights attorney C. B. King. Designed by architect J. W. Robinson, it was completed in November 2002.
• [Photograph of the judges bench in the federal courtroom, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, 1978]

  "Albany, 1978. Judges bench. Federal courtroom. Old post office and courthouse. No longer used. Inside. Built in 1911."--from field notes
• [Photograph of post office and courthouse, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, 1910 Nov. 11]

  "Albany, 11/1/1910. Old post office and courthouse."--from field notes