Chatham County has found short-term locations for Superior Court sessions and court offices displaced by the recent courthouse fire, county officials announced on Monday.
Superior Courtroom sessions will be moved to the county’s Agriculture Building Auditorium, while the Chatham County District Attorney’s Office will move to 60 West St., former offices of the Andrews Law Group. In addition, county Probation Services will move to 45 West St., an office building next to the General Store Cafe. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour will move into a room in the lower level of the Agriculture Building.
According to county officials, the county will continue to search for a more permanent space for Superior Court until the new Judicial Center is built. This fall, Chatham County will break ground on a new Judicial Center, which was planned before the fire in the Historic Courthouse occurred and will house all court officials and all courtrooms, including Superior Court sessions. Construction is expected to take 18 to 24 months.