List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia

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]

As of 2023, the state of Georgia is home to 50 of these landmarks.[2]

Key

National Historic Landmark
† National Historic Landmark District
# National Historic Site, National Historical Park, National Memorial, or National Monument
* Delisted Landmark

Current NHLs

[3] Landmark name Image Date designated[4] Location County Description
1 Andalusia Farm February 24, 2022
(#80000968) 		Milledgeville
33°07′31″N 83°16′04″W / 33.12526°N 83.26775°W / 33.12526; -83.26775 (Andalusia Farm) 		Baldwin Home of author Flannery O'Connor
2 Bellevue November 7, 1973
(#72000400) 		La Grange
33°02′30″N 85°02′22″W / 33.04179°N 85.03955°W / 33.04179; -85.03955 (Bellevue) 		Troup Historic home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill; example of a Greek Revival "domesticated temple"
3 Stephen Vincent Benet House November 11, 1971
(#71000286) 		Augusta
33°28′33″N 82°01′27″W / 33.47580°N 82.02407°W / 33.47580; -82.02407 (Stephen Vincent Benet House) 		Richmond Commandant's home in Augusta Arsenal; poet Stephen Vincent Benét lived and wrote here; now Admissions Office, Summerville campus of Georgia Regents University
4 Calhoun Mine November 7, 1973
(#73002292) 		Dahlonega
34°33′43″N 83°59′09″W / 34.5619°N 83.9858°W / 34.5619; -83.9858 (Calhoun Mine) 		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
5 Carmichael House November 7, 1973
(#71000265) 		Macon
32°50′29″N 83°38′16″W / 32.84130°N 83.63765°W / 32.84130; -83.63765 (Carmichael House) 		Bibb Greek Revival house from the 1840s, with a spiral staircase in a central tower
6† 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 / 32.07571; -81.10126 (Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal) 		Chatham Complex of railroad facilities of the Central of Georgia Railroad
7 Chieftains November 11, 1973
(#71000273) 		Rome
34°16′38″N 85°10′13″W / 34.27710°N 85.17019°W / 34.27710; -85.17019 (Chieftains) 		Floyd Home of Cherokee Nation chief Major Ridge
8 College Hill November 11, 1971
(#71000287) 		Augusta
33°28′03″N 82°00′55″W / 33.467364°N 82.015231°W / 33.467364; -82.015231 (College Hill) 		Richmond Home of George Walton, signer of Declaration of Independence
9† Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District June 2, 1978
(#78000995) 		Columbus
32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W / 32.48139°N 84.9917°W / 32.48139; -84.9917 (Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District) 		Muscogee Four separated areas along the Chattahoochee River; includes Columbus Iron Works
10 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 / 33.754353; -84.384184 (Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant) 		Fulton The building, now the home of Georgia State University's Baptist Student Union, was the first place where Coca-Cola bottled its soda.
11 Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory September 20, 2006
(#86001371) 		Midway
31°48′02″N 81°27′56″W / 31.80056°N 81.46556°W / 31.80056; -81.46556 (Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory) 		Liberty Associated with the Southern Christian Leadership's Citizen Education Program
12 Etowah Mounds July 19, 1964
(#66000272) 		Cartersville
34°07′30″N 84°48′28″W / 34.125°N 84.80778°W / 34.125; -84.80778 (Etowah Mounds) 		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
13 Fort James Jackson February 16, 2000
(#70000200) 		Savannah
32°04′55″N 81°02′10″W / 32.0819°N 81.0361°W / 32.0819; -81.0361 (Fort James Jackson) 		Chatham Built in the period 1808–1812; defended Savannah and its harbor; used by the Confederacy; withstood a minor Union attack in 1862
14 Fox Theatre May 11, 1976
(#74002230) 		Atlanta
33°46′22″N 84°23′06″W / 33.77264°N 84.38501°W / 33.77264; -84.38501 (Fox Theatre) 		Fulton Grand movie palace; built in the 1920s; Moorish design
15 Governor's Mansion November 7, 1973
(#70000194) 		Milledgeville
33°04′48″N 83°13′55″W / 33.079871°N 83.231944°W / 33.079871; -83.231944 (Governor's Mansion) 		Baldwin Executive Mansion from 1838 to 1868
16 Henry W. Grady House May 11, 1976
(#76000613) 		Athens
33°57′42″N 83°23′18″W / 33.96167°N 83.38827°W / 33.96167; -83.38827 (Henry W. Grady House) 		Clarke Greek Revival house; purchased by Henry W. Grady in 1863, editor of the "Atlanta Constitution"
17 Green-Meldrim House May 11, 1976
(#74000664) 		Savannah
32°04′26″N 81°05′41″W / 32.073889°N 81.094722°W / 32.073889; -81.094722 (Green-Meldrim House) 		Chatham Designed and built between 1853 and 1861; Gothic Revival style; cast-iron porch and fence
18 Joel Chandler Harris House December 19, 1962
(#66000281) 		Atlanta
33°44′16″N 84°25′20″W / 33.73764°N 84.42219°W / 33.73764; -84.42219 (Joel Chandler Harris House) 		Fulton Home of Joel Chandler Harris from 1881 to 1908; editor and columnist of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper; most known as author of the "Uncle Remus" tales
19 Hay House November 7, 1973
(#71000259) 		Macon
32°50′25″N 83°38′01″W / 32.84034°N 83.63361°W / 32.84034; -83.63361 (Hay House) 		Bibb Built from 1855 to in 1859; Italian Renaissance Revival style; 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2); twenty-four rooms; four levels; crowned by a cupola
20 Herndon Home February 16, 2000
(#00000261) 		Atlanta
33°45′21″N 84°24′25″W / 33.75581°N 84.40686°W / 33.75581; -84.40686 (Herndon Home) 		Fulton Home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon, founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
21† 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 / 33.5022; -81.99917 (Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District) 		Richmond Completed in 1847; harnessed the power of the fall line of the Savannah River for mills; provided drinking water for Augusta, Georgia
22† Jekyll Island Historic District June 2, 1978
(#72000385) 		Jekyll Island
31°03′38″N 81°25′19″W / 31.06056°N 81.42194°W / 31.06056; -81.42194 (Jekyll Island Historic District) 		Glynn Founded in 1886; originally an elitist, segregated private club located on Jekyll Island, on the Georgia coastline
23# 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 / 33.755; -84.3722 (Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District) 		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
24 Kolomoki Mounds July 19, 1964
(#66000280) 		Blakely
31°28′17″N 84°55′46″W / 31.471389°N 84.92944°W / 31.471389; -84.92944 (Kolomoki Mounds) 		Early Woodland Period mounds
25 Lapham-Patterson House November 7, 1973
(#70000868) 		Thomasville
30°50′44″N 83°58′59″W / 30.84562°N 83.98296°W / 30.84562; -83.98296 (Lapham-Patterson House) 		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
26 Liberty Hall May 4, 1983
(#70000216) 		Crawfordville
33°33′28″N 82°53′45″W / 33.55790°N 82.89588°W / 33.55790; -82.89588 (Liberty Hall) 		Taliaferro Home of Confederate States of America Vice President Alexander Stephens
27† Juliette Gordon Low Historic District June 23, 1965
(#66000276) 		Savannah
32°04′37″N 81°05′33″W / 32.077062°N 81.092480°W / 32.077062; -81.092480 (Juliette Gordon Low Historic District) 		Chatham First Girl Scout meetingplace; birthplace and home of founder Juliette Gordon Low
28† New Echota November 7, 1973
(#70000869) 		Calhoun
34°32′27″N 84°54′34″W / 34.54083°N 84.909444°W / 34.54083; -84.909444 (New Echota) 		Gordon In 1825, officially designated capital of the Cherokee Nation
29 Octagon House November 7, 1973
(#69000049) 		Columbus
32°27′23″N 84°59′32″W / 32.45626°N 84.99216°W / 32.45626; -84.99216 (Octagon House) 		Muscogee Octagon house is also known as May's Folly
30 Old Medical College June 19, 1996
(#72000398) 		Augusta
33°28′13″N 81°57′47″W / 33.4702778°N 81.963056°W / 33.4702778; -81.963056 (Old Medical College) 		Richmond Original Medical College of Georgia; founded in 1829
31 Owens-Thomas House May 11, 1976
(#76000611) 		Savannah
32°04′39″N 81°05′22″W / 32.07738°N 81.08940°W / 32.07738; -81.08940 (Owens-Thomas House) 		Chatham English Regency house designed by William Jay; Marquis de La Fayette stayed here during 1824-25
32† Pine Mountain State Park September 26, 1997
(#97001273) 		Pine Mountain
32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W / 32.831946°N 84.808056°W / 32.831946; -84.808056 (Pine Mountain State Park) 		Harris Park near Warm Springs associated with FDR; now a portion of F. D. Roosevelt State Park.
33 John Ross House November 7, 1973
(#73000647) 		Rossville
34°58′52″N 85°17′05″W / 34.98110°N 85.28478°W / 34.98110; -85.28478 (John Ross House) 		Walker Home of the Cherokee chief John Ross
34† St. Catherine's Island December 16, 1969
(#69000332) 		South Newport
31°37′50″N 81°09′37″W / 31.630556°N 81.160278°W / 31.630556; -81.160278 (St. Catherine's Island) 		Liberty Site of Santa Catalina de Guale, the first Spanish outpost in Georgia; home of Button Gwinnett
35† Savannah Historic District November 13, 1966
(#66000277) 		Savannah
32°04′28″N 81°05′30″W / 32.074444°N 81.091667°W / 32.074444; -81.091667 (Savannah Historic District) 		Chatham
36 William Scarbrough House November 7, 1973
(#70000201) 		Savannah
32°04′52″N 81°05′50″W / 32.08117°N 81.09727°W / 32.08117; -81.09727 (William Scarbrough House) 		Chatham Greek Revival house; finished in 1819; now houses Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
37 Springer Opera House June 2, 1978
(#70000214) 		Columbus
32°27′54″N 84°59′29″W / 32.46505°N 84.99128°W / 32.46505; -84.99128 (Springer Opera House) 		Muscogee Historic live performance theater
38 Stallings Island January 20, 1961
(#66000279) 		Augusta
33°33′39″N 82°02′47″W / 33.560833°N 82.046389°W / 33.560833; -82.046389 (Stallings Island) 		Columbia Archeological site with shell mounds
39 State Capitol November 7, 1973
(#71001099) 		Atlanta
33°44′57″N 84°23′18″W / 33.74916°N 84.38830°W / 33.74916; -84.38830 (State Capitol) 		Fulton Completed 1889; still in use
40 Stone Hall, Atlanta University December 2, 1974
(#74000680) 		Atlanta
33°45′16″N 84°24′31″W / 33.75444°N 84.40861°W / 33.75444; -84.40861 (Stone Hall, Atlanta University) 		Fulton Completed in 1882; Atlanta University was an educational institution for freed slaves
41† Sweet Auburn Historic District December 8, 1976
(#76000631) 		Atlanta
33°45′17″N 84°22′53″W / 33.75472°N 84.381389°W / 33.75472; -84.381389 (Sweet Auburn Historic District) 		Fulton Historic African-American neighborhood
42 Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences May 11, 1976
(#76000612) 		Savannah
32°04′44″N 81°05′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°W / 32.07889; -81.09528 (Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences) 		Chatham Originally a family townhouse; became a free art museum in 1886
43 Robert Toombs House November 7, 1973
(#72000410) 		Washington
33°44′10″N 82°44′02″W / 33.73616°N 82.73387°W / 33.73616; -82.73387 (Robert Toombs House) 		Wilkes Home of Robert Toombs, U.S. Senator, C.S.A. Secretary of State and Confederate Army Brigadier General
44 Traveler's Rest January 29, 1964
(#66000283) 		Toccoa
34°36′33″N 83°14′20″W / 34.60926°N 83.23878°W / 34.60926; -83.23878 (Traveler's Rest) 		Stephens Early tavern and inn, also a state historic site
45 Tupper-Barnett House November 7, 1973
(#72000411) 		Washington
33°44′14″N 82°44′28″W / 33.73730°N 82.74103°W / 33.73730; -82.74103 (Tupper-Barnett House) 		Wilkes Originally Federal style; converted to Neoclassical mansion
46 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 / 33.75644; -84.39027 (U.S. Post Office and Courthouse) 		Fulton Neo-Renaissance building, now home to Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was where many key civil rights cases were first heard and decided.
47 George Walton House December 21, 1981
(#76000646) 		Augusta
33°28′26″N 81°58′47″W / 33.47376°N 81.97979°W / 33.47376; -81.97979 (George Walton House) 		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
48† Warm Springs Historic District January 16, 1980
(#74000694) 		Warm Springs
32°52′51″N 84°41′07″W / 32.880833°N 84.685278°W / 32.880833; -84.685278 (Warm Springs Historic District) 		Meriwether Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
49 Thomas E. Watson House May 11, 1976
(#76002144) 		Thomson
33°28′15″N 82°30′43″W / 33.470948°N 82.512078°W / 33.470948; -82.512078 (Thomas E. Watson House) 		McDuffie Also called Hickory Hill; home of Populist Party co-founder and Vice Presidential candidate Thomas E. Watson.
50 Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home October 6, 2008
(#79000746) 		Augusta
33°28′18″N 81°57′55″W / 33.4716667°N 81.965278°W / 33.4716667; -81.965278 (Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home) 		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. There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state,[5] 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[6] 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 / 32.19469; -84.12895 (Andersonville National Historic Site) 		Macon Prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War
2 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park August 19, 1890 34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W / 34.94000°N 85.26000°W / 34.94000; -85.26000 (Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park) Catoosa, Dade, & Walker Counties Shared with Tennessee. Site of two major battles during the American Civil War
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 / 31.22389; -81.39333 (Fort Frederica National Monument) 		Glynn 18th century fort built by James Oglethorpe to protect the British colony of Georgia
4 Fort Pulaski National Monument October 15, 1924 Cockspur Island
32°1′38″N 80°53′25″W / 32.02722°N 80.89028°W / 32.02722; -80.89028 (Fort Pulaski National Monument) 		Chatham 19th century fort used during the American Civil War
5 Jimmy Carter National Historic Site December 23, 1987 Plains
32°02′02″N 84°24′00″W / 32.03389°N 84.40000°W / 32.03389; -84.40000 (Jimmy Carter National Historic Site) 		Sumter Preserves various locations important to the life of former Georgia governor and United States President Jimmy Carter
6 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park February 8, 1917 Kennesaw
33°58′59″N 84°34′41″W / 33.98306°N 84.57806°W / 33.98306; -84.57806 (Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park) 		Cobb Battleground during the American Civil War
7 Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park June 14, 1934 Macon
32°50′12″N 83°36′30″W / 32.83667°N 83.60833°W / 32.83667; -83.60833 (Ocmulgee National Monument) 		Bibb Preserves earthworks associated with Mississippian Native Americans, as well as other archaeological evidence

See also

References

  1. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  2. ^ "List of NHLs by State". National Park Service. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight- or nine-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.
  5. ^ These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
  6. ^ National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays; retrieved April 2, 2017.
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