Judicial center reaches full height 110709

Judicial center reaches full height

From Staff

Saturday, November 07, 2009

COST: $67 million

WHERE: Between 10th Street and James Brown Boulevard

SIZE: 180,000 square feet, with room for 15 courtrooms and hearing rooms, in addition to space for the district attorney's and solicitor's offices

COMPLETION DATE: First quarter of 2011

NAMING FIGHT: Commissioner Corey Johnson proposed last month naming the new courthouse after John H. Ruffin Jr., Augusta's first black Superior Court judge. Though others said the building shouldn't be named for anyone, the commission voted 6-1 on Oct. 20 to put Judge Ruffin's name on the courthouse.

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