Stewart County Courthouse & Bedingfield Inn, Lumpkin

This view shows the two most iconic structures in Lumpkin; the 1836 Bedingfield Inn on the left and the 1923 courthouse on the right. Renovation of the courthouse is ongoing…

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4 Responses to Stewart County Courthouse & Bedingfield Inn, Lumpkin

  1. Katie Howard

    The county has received a Transportation Enhancement Grant and will be using it to rehabilitate the Bedingfield Inn. It is a long, slow process to use TE grants but it will happen.

  2. phil

    I hope they make it ! A grand old building .

    • I think they’ve been working on it a while, but it will be well worth it. I’m more worried about the fate of the Bedingfield Inn. It seemed to be in increasing disrepair…the architect of the courthouse also designed the Dorminy-Massee house in Fitzgerald, as well as several other landmarks around South Georgia. Lockwood was from Columbus, I believe.

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