List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.^[1]

The state of Georgia is home to 49 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history.

Current NHLs

The current NHLs are distributed across 24 of Georgia's 159 counties.

[2]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated[3]	Location	County	Description
1	Bellevue		November 7, 1973 (#72000400)	La Grange 33°02′30″N 85°02′22″W / 33.04179°N 85.03955°W	Troup	Historic home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill; example of a Greek Revival "domesticated temple"
2	Stephen Vincent Benet House		November 11, 1971 (#71000286)	Augusta 33°28′33″N 82°01′27″W / 33.47580°N 82.02407°W	Richmond	Commandant's home in Augusta Arsenal; poet Stephen Vincent Benet lived and wrote here; now Admissions Office, Summerville campus of Georgia Regents University
3	Calhoun Mine		November 7, 1973 (#73002292)	Dahlonega 34°33′43″N 83°59′09″W / 34.5619°N 83.9858°W	Lumpkin	Property where gold was discovered in 1828, playing a role in the calls for the Cherokee removal; eventually owned by Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina
4	Carmichael House		November 7, 1973 (#71000265)	Macon 32°50′29″N 83°38′16″W / 32.84130°N 83.63765°W	Bibb	Greek Revival house from the 1840s, with a spiral staircase in a central tower
5	Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal		December 8, 1976 (#76000610)	Savannah 32°04′33″N 81°06′05″W / 32.07571°N 81.10126°W	Chatham	Complex of railroad facilities of the Central of Georgia Railroad
6	Chieftains		November 11, 1973 (#71000273)	Rome 34°16′38″N 85°10′13″W / 34.27710°N 85.17019°W	Floyd	Home of Cherokee Nation chief Major Ridge
7	College Hill		November 11, 1971 (#71000287)	Augusta 33°28′03″N 82°00′55″W / 33.467364°N 82.015231°W	Richmond	Home of George Walton, signer of Declaration of Independence
8	Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District		June 2, 1978 (#78000995)	Columbus 32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W / 32.48139°N 84.9917°W	Muscogee	Four separated areas along the Chatahoochee River; includes Columbus Iron Works
9	Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant		May 4, 1983 (#77000428)	Atlanta 33°45′16″N 84°23′03″W / 33.754353°N 84.384184°W	Fulton	The building, now the home of Georgia State University's Baptist Student Union, was the first place where Coca-Cola bottled its soda.
10	Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory		September 20, 2006 (#86001371)	Midway 31°48′02″N 81°27′56″W / 31.80056°N 81.46556°W	Liberty	Associated with the Southern Christian Leadership's Citizen Education Program
11	Etowah Mounds		July 19, 1964 (#66000272)	Cartersville 34°07′30″N 84°48′28″W / 34.125°N 84.80778°W	Bartow	Three main mounds at the site; three lesser known mounds; inhabited from about 1000–1550 A.D. by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture
12	Fort James Jackson		February 16, 2000 (#70000200)	Savannah 32°04′55″N 81°02′10″W / 32.0819°N 81.0361°W	Chatham	Built in the period 1808–1812; defended Savannah and its harbor; used by the Confederacy; withstood a minor Union attack in 1862
13	Fox Theatre		May 11, 1976 (#74002230)	Atlanta 33°46′22″N 84°23′06″W / 33.77264°N 84.38501°W	Fulton	Grand movie palace; built in the 1920s; Moorish design
14	Governor's Mansion		November 7, 1973 (#70000194)	Milledgeville 33°04′48″N 83°13′55″W / 33.079871°N 83.231944°W	Baldwin	Executive Mansion from 1838–1868
15	Henry W. Grady House		May 11, 1976 (#76000613)	Athens 33°57′42″N 83°23′18″W / 33.96167°N 83.38827°W	Clarke	Greek Revival house; purchased by Henry W. Grady in 1863, editor of the "Atlanta Constitution"
16	Green-Meldrim House		May 11, 1976 (#74000664)	Savannah 32°04′26″N 81°05′41″W / 32.073889°N 81.094722°W	Chatham	Designed and built between 1853 and 1861; Gothic Revival style; cast-iron porch and fence
17	Joel Chandler Harris House		December 19, 1962 (#66000281)	Atlanta 33°44′16″N 84°25′20″W / 33.73764°N 84.42219°W	Fulton	Home of Joel Chandler Harris from 1881–1908; editor and columnist of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper; most known as author of the "Uncle Remus" tales
18	Hay House		November 7, 1973 (#71000259)	Macon 32°50′25″N 83°38′01″W / 32.84034°N 83.63361°W	Bibb	Built from 1855 to in 1859; Italian Renaissance Revival style; 18,000 square feet (1,700 m^2); twenty-four rooms; four levels; crowned by a cupola
19	Herndon Home		February 16, 2000 (#00000261)	Atlanta 33°45′21″N 84°24′25″W / 33.75581°N 84.40686°W	Fulton	Home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon, founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
20	Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District		December 22, 1977 (#71000285)	Augusta 33°30′08″N 81°59′57″W / 33.5022°N 81.99917°W	Richmond	Completed in 1847; harnessed the power of the fall line of the Savannah River for mills; provided drinking water for Augusta, Georgia
21	Jekyll Island Historic District		June 2, 1978 (#72000385)	Jekyll Island 31°03′38″N 81°25′19″W / 31.06056°N 81.42194°W	Glynn	Founded in 1886; originally an elitist, segregated private club located on Jekyll Island, on the Georgia coastline
22	Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic District		May 5, 1977 (#74000677)	Atlanta 33°45′18″N 84°22′20″W / 33.755°N 84.3722°W	Fulton	Includes Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home; Ebenezer Baptist Church, a church where King pastored, is also part of the national historic site
23	Kolomoki Mounds		July 19, 1964 (#66000280)	Blakely 31°28′17″N 84°55′46″W / 31.471389°N 84.92944°W	Early	Woodland Period mounds
24	Lapham-Patterson House		November 7, 1973 (#70000868)	Thomasville 30°50′44″N 83°58′59″W / 30.84562°N 83.98296°W	Thomas	Built 1884-85; Victorian architecture; fishscale shingles; intricately designed porch; long-leaf pine inlaid floors; and a double-flue chimney; intentional lack of symmetry; no windows, doors, or closets are square
25	Liberty Hall		May 4, 1983 (#70000216)	Crawfordville 33°33′28″N 82°53′45″W / 33.55790°N 82.89588°W	Taliaferro	Home of Confederate States of America Vice President Alexander Stephens
26	Juliette Gordon Low Historic District		June 23, 1965 (#66000276)	Savannah 32°04′37″N 81°05′33″W / 32.077062°N 81.092480°W	Chatham	First Girl Scout meetingplace; birthplace and home of founder Juliette Gordon Low
27	New Echota		November 7, 1973 (#70000869)	Calhoun 34°32′27″N 84°54′34″W / 34.54083°N 84.909444°W	Gordon	In 1825, officially designated capital of the Cherokee Nation
28	Octagon House		November 7, 1973 (#69000049)	Columbus 32°27′23″N 84°59′32″W / 32.45626°N 84.99216°W	Muscogee	Octagon house is also known as May's Folly
29	Old Medical College		June 19, 1996 (#72000398)	Augusta 33°28′13″N 81°57′47″W / 33.4702778°N 81.963056°W	Richmond	Original Medical College of Georgia; founded in 1829
30	Owens-Thomas House		May 11, 1976 (#76000611)	Savannah 32°04′39″N 81°05′22″W / 32.07738°N 81.08940°W	Chatham	English Regency house designed by William Jay; Marquis de La Fayette stayed here during 1824-25
31	Pine Mountain State Park		September 26, 1997 (#97001273)	Pine Mountain 32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W / 32.831946°N 84.808056°W	Harris	Park near Warm Springs associated with FDR; now a portion of F. D. Roosevelt State Park.
32	John Ross House		November 7, 1973 (#73000647)	Rossville 34°58′52″N 85°17′05″W / 34.98110°N 85.28478°W	Walker	Home of the Cherokee chief John Ross
33	St. Catherine's Island		December 16, 1969 (#69000332)	South Newport 31°37′50″N 81°09′37″W / 31.630556°N 81.160278°W	Liberty	Site of Santa Catalina de Guale, the first Spanish outpost in Georgia; home of Button Gwinnett
34	Savannah Historic District		November 13, 1966 (#66000277)	Savannah 32°04′28″N 81°05′30″W / 32.074444°N 81.091667°W	Chatham
35	William Scarbrough House		November 7, 1973 (#70000201)	Savannah 32°04′52″N 81°05′50″W / 32.08117°N 81.09727°W	Chatham	Greek Revival house; finished in 1819; now houses Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
36	Springer Opera House		June 2, 1978 (#70000214)	Columbus 32°27′54″N 84°59′29″W / 32.46505°N 84.99128°W	Muscogee	Historic live performance theater
37	Stallings Island	Upload image	January 20, 1961 (#66000279)	Augusta 33°33′39″N 82°02′47″W / 33.560833°N 82.046389°W	Columbia	Archeological site with shell mounds
38	State Capitol		November 7, 1973 (#71001099)	Atlanta 33°44′57″N 84°23′18″W / 33.74916°N 84.38830°W	Fulton	Completed 1889; still in use
39	Stone Hall, Atlanta University		December 2, 1974 (#74000680)	Atlanta 33°45′16″N 84°24′31″W / 33.75444°N 84.40861°W	Fulton	Completed in 1882; Atlanta University was an educational institution for freed slaves
40	Sweet Auburn Historic District		December 8, 1976 (#76000631)	Atlanta 33°45′17″N 84°22′53″W / 33.75472°N 84.381389°W	Fulton	Historic African-American neighborhood
41	Telfair Academy of Arts of Sciences		May 11, 1976 (#76000612)	Savannah 32°04′44″N 81°05′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°W	Chatham	Originally a family townhouse; became a free art museum in 1886
42	Robert Toombs House		November 7, 1973 (#72000410)	Washington 33°44′10″N 82°44′02″W / 33.73616°N 82.73387°W	Wilkes	Home of Robert Toombs, U.S. Senator, C.S.A. Secretary of State and Confederate Army Brigadier General
43	Traveler's Rest		January 29, 1964 (#66000283)	Toccoa 34°36′33″N 83°14′20″W / 34.60926°N 83.23878°W	Stephens	Early tavern and inn, also a state historic site
44	Tupper-Barnett House		November 7, 1973 (#72000411)	Washington 33°44′14″N 82°44′28″W / 33.73730°N 82.74103°W	Wilkes	Originally Federal style; converted to Neoclassical mansion
45	U.S. Post Office and Courthouse		July 21, 2015 (#74000681)	Atlanta 33°45′23″N 84°23′25″W / 33.75644°N 84.39027°W	Fulton	Neo-Renaissance building, now home to Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was where many key civil rights cases were first heard and decided.
46	George Walton House		December 21, 1981 (#76000646)	Augusta 33°28′26″N 81°58′47″W / 33.47376°N 81.97979°W	Richmond	Also known as Meadow Garden, this was a home of George Walton, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, also a governor and senator
47	Warm Springs Historic District		January 16, 1980 (#74000694)	Warm Springs 32°52′51″N 84°41′07″W / 32.880833°N 84.685278°W	Meriwether	Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
48	Thomas E. Watson House	Upload image	May 11, 1976 (#76002144)	Thomson 33°28′15″N 82°30′43″W / 33.470948°N 82.512078°W	McDuffie	Also called Hickory Hill; home of Populist Party co-founder and Vice Presidential candidate Thomas E. Watson.
49	Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home		October 6, 2008 (#79000746)	Augusta 33°28′18″N 81°57′55″W / 33.4716667°N 81.965278°W	Richmond	Home of Woodrow Wilson 1860-72.

Historic areas administered by the National Park Service

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state,^[4] The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is also an NHL and is listed above. The remaining seven are:

	Landmark name	Image	Date established[5]	Location	County	Description
1	Andersonville National Historic Site		October 16, 1970	Andersonville 32°11′41″N 84°07′44″W / 32.19469°N 84.12895°W	Macon
2	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park		August 19, 1890	Catoosa, Dade, & Walker Counties 34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W / 34.94000°N 85.26000°W		(shared with Tennessee)
3	Fort Frederica National Monument		May 26, 1936	St. Simons Island 31°13′26″N 81°23′36″W / 31.22389°N 81.39333°W	Glynn
4	Fort Pulaski National Monument		October 15, 1924	Cockspur Island 32°1′38″N 80°53′25″W / 32.02722°N 80.89028°W	Chatham
5	Jimmy Carter National Historic Site		December 23, 1987	Plains 32°02′02″N 84°24′00″W / 32.03389°N 84.40000°W	Sumter
6	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park		February 8, 1917	Kennesaw 33°58′59″N 84°34′41″W / 33.98306°N 84.57806°W	Cobb
7	Ocmulgee National Monument		December 23, 1936	Macon 32°50′12″N 83°36′30″W / 32.83667°N 83.60833°W	Bibb

See also

• Historic preservation
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia
• History of Georgia (U.S. state)

References

1. National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
2. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
4. These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
5. Date of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Georgia (47)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service