Newton County Courthouse, Historic courthouse in Covington, United States

Newton County Courthouse is a Second Empire style courthouse designed by Bruce & Morgan and built in 1884 on Courthouse Square in Covington, Georgia. It stands on the same site as the earlier county courthouse that burned on December 31, 1883, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.

A previous courthouse on the same site burned down on December 31, 1883. The current building, designed by the firm Bruce & Morgan in the Second Empire style, was completed in 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.

The courthouse stands on Courthouse Square, the plot where its predecessor burned on December 31, 1883, and where the county seat's public business has been conducted since the 1884 rebuilding. The square remains the reference point for Covington's civic core, with the courthouse as its central landmark.

The courthouse faces Courthouse Square in Covington, the seat of Newton County, and is reached on foot from the surrounding streets. It is an active county building, so interior access is limited; the square and the exterior are what visitors can see.

The courthouse appears on two postcards from around 1907, early photographic records of the building that visitors can compare with the structure standing today. The 1884 design by the Atlanta firm Bruce & Morgan replaced a courthouse that burned on December 31, 1883.