List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia facts for kids
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.
As of 2023, the state of Georgia is home to 50 of these landmarks.
Current NHLs
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
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| 1 | Andalusia Farm |
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(#80000968) |
Milledgeville 33°07′31″N 83°16′04″W / 33.12526°N 83.26775°W |
Baldwin | Home of author Flannery O'Connor |
| 2 | Bellevue |
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(#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" |
| 3 | Stephen Vincent Benet House |
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(#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 Benét lived and wrote here; now Admissions Office, Summerville campus of Georgia Regents University |
| 4 | Calhoun Mine |
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(#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 |
| 5 | Carmichael House |
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(#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 |
| 6 | Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal |
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(#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 |
| 7 | Chieftains |
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(#71000273) |
Rome 34°16′38″N 85°10′13″W / 34.27710°N 85.17019°W |
Floyd | Home of Cherokee Nation chief Major Ridge |
| 8 | College Hill |
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(#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 |
| 9 | Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District |
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(#78000995) |
Columbus 32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W / 32.48139°N 84.9917°W |
Muscogee | Four separated areas along the Chattahoochee River; includes Columbus Iron Works |
| 10 | Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant |
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(#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. |
| 11 | Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory |
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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 |
| 12 | Etowah Mounds |
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(#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 |
| 13 | Fort James Jackson |
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(#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 |
| 14 | Fox Theatre |
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(#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 |
| 15 | Governor's Mansion |
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(#70000194) |
Milledgeville 33°04′48″N 83°13′55″W / 33.079871°N 83.231944°W |
Baldwin | Executive Mansion from 1838 to 1868 |
| 16 | Henry W. Grady House |
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(#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" |
| 17 | Green-Meldrim House |
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(#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 |
| 18 | Joel Chandler Harris House |
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(#66000281) |
Atlanta 33°44′16″N 84°25′20″W / 33.73764°N 84.42219°W |
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 |
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(#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 m2); twenty-four rooms; four levels; crowned by a cupola |
| 20 | Herndon Home |
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(#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 |
| 21 | Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District |
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(#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 |
| 22 | Jekyll Island Historic District |
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(#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 |
| 23 | Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District |
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(#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 |
| 24 | Kolomoki Mounds |
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(#66000280) |
Blakely 31°28′17″N 84°55′46″W / 31.471389°N 84.92944°W |
Early | Woodland Period mounds |
| 25 | Lapham-Patterson House |
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(#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 |
| 26 | Liberty Hall |
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(#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 |
| 27 | Juliette Gordon Low Historic District |
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(#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 |
| 28 | New Echota |
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(#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 |
| 29 | Octagon House |
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(#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 |
| 30 | Old Medical College |
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(#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 |
| 31 | Owens-Thomas House |
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(#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 |
| 32 | Pine Mountain State Park |
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(#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. |
| 33 | John Ross House |
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(#73000647) |
Rossville 34°58′52″N 85°17′05″W / 34.98110°N 85.28478°W |
Walker | Home of the Cherokee chief John Ross |
| 34 | St. Catherine's Island |
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(#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 |
| 35 | Savannah Historic District |
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(#66000277) |
Savannah 32°04′28″N 81°05′30″W / 32.074444°N 81.091667°W |
Chatham | |
| 36 | William Scarbrough House |
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(#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 |
| 37 | Springer Opera House |
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(#70000214) |
Columbus 32°27′54″N 84°59′29″W / 32.46505°N 84.99128°W |
Muscogee | Historic live performance theater |
| 38 | Stallings Island |
(#66000279) |
Augusta 33°33′39″N 82°02′47″W / 33.560833°N 82.046389°W |
Columbia | Archeological site with shell mounds | |
| 39 | State Capitol |
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(#71001099) |
Atlanta 33°44′57″N 84°23′18″W / 33.74916°N 84.38830°W |
Fulton | Completed 1889; still in use |
| 40 | Stone Hall, Atlanta University |
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(#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 |
| 41 | Sweet Auburn Historic District |
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(#76000631) |
Atlanta 33°45′17″N 84°22′53″W / 33.75472°N 84.381389°W |
Fulton | Historic African-American neighborhood |
| 42 | Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences |
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(#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 |
| 43 | Robert Toombs House |
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(#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 |
| 44 | Traveler's Rest |
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(#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 |
| 45 | Tupper-Barnett House |
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(#72000411) |
Washington 33°44′14″N 82°44′28″W / 33.73730°N 82.74103°W |
Wilkes | Originally Federal style; converted to Neoclassical mansion |
| 46 | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse |
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(#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. |
| 47 | George Walton House |
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(#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 |
| 48 | Warm Springs Historic District |
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(#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 |
| 49 | Thomas E. Watson House |
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(#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. |
| 50 | Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home |
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(#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. There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Bibb | Preserves earthworks associated with Mississippian Native Americans, as well as other archaeological evidence |
See also
- Historic preservation
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia
- History of Georgia (U.S. state)
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