<body><div>The front of the Oglethorpe County courthouse is covered in caution tape and missing pieces of wood.That’s because it’s suffering from termite damage that weakened the structure and led to water damage.“We’re still in the discovery phase,” public works director Adam Nation said. “We’re just trying to discover where all the damage is, and then at that point we’ll get a game plan on how to do a repair and what the cost will be.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=04DO9t_1GmByZfQ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=04DO9t_1GmByZfQ00" width="1428" height="1071" ><figcaption>The board &nbsp;on the bottom of the porch outside &nbsp;the county courthouse has been removed. &nbsp; The plans and cost of repairing the courthouse are still unknown as of Nov. 3, 2026. (Ren Grimsley/The Oglethorpe Echo).</figcaption></figure>The damage was discovered about a month ago.“We hired a local contractor,” Nation said. “When they took the board down, that’s when they discovered that we had active termites.”It’s unknown how long the termites have been feasting on the 140-year-old building.“The termites were doing their thing, eating on the wood, and caused it to kinda settle,” Nation said. “And then that allowed cracks in the tile above it, and then water was able to penetrate, and it just kinda got worse.”Meetings have been planned with architect engineers to see which steps need to be taken to restore the building.“I can’t really give a timeline on how long I think it’ll take to repair,” Nation said. “It really just depends on how far we’ve got to go back (into the building).”Built in 1886, the courthouse has faced hardship in the past. In the 1940s, lightning struck the clock tower and burned the wood support beams. This is just one more challenge for the iconic structure to overcome.</div></body>

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The front of the Oglethorpe County courthouse is covered in caution tape and missing pieces of wood. That’s because it’s suffering from termite damage that weakened the structure and led to water damage. “We’re still in the discovery phase,” public works director Adam Nation said. “We’re just trying...

Courthouse suffers termite, water damage

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The front of the Oglethorpe County courthouse is covered in caution tape and missing pieces of wood. That’s because it’s suffering from termite damage that

Courthouse suffers termite, water damage

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