Walker County is named for Freeman Walker, who was a United States Senator and an attorney from Augusta.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Hamilton County, Tennessee
E – Catoosa County, Whitfield County and Gordon County
S – Floyd County and Chattooga County
W – DeKalb County, Alabama and Dade County
Created: December 18, 1833 
County Seat:
LaFayette 1833 – present
County Courthouse – LaFayette
Location: 103 South Duke Street / Patten Street
Built: 1917 – 1918
Style: Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival
Architect: Charles E Bearden
Contractor: Little-Cleckler Construction Company
Description: The building faces west and is a three story cream colored brick, stone and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of LaFayette. The building has a raised basement as the first story. There are lower north and south wings. The west front has a central entrance framed with stone. Along the front are twelve columns rising to the top of the third story with a wide horizontal header and projecting cornice below the roof line. The entablature has triglyphs and metopes inscribed with circles. The roof line is flat. In the interior, there is oak millwork. The large County Superior Court courtroom is located on the north side of the third story. The courtroom has a high ceiling with recessed ceiling squares and light fixtures. Along the rear side is a gallery with wood railing.The building houses the County Superior Court, County State Court, County Juvenile Court and County Probate Court of the 7th Judicial District.
See: Little-Cleckler Construction Company of Anniston, Alabama also constructed courthouses in Alabama in Fayette County, Jackson County and Limestone County; in Georgia in Bleckley County, Clarke County and Lincoln County; and in Mississippi in Franklin County, Lawrence County, Walthall County and Webster County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Walker County Courthouse
History: The first courthouse was built in LaFayette in 1838. The courthouse burned in 1883 and the second courthouse, a two story brick structure, was built in the same year. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1917 to 1918.
County Courthouse – LaFayette
County Superior Court courtroom
Photos taken 2010 and 2023