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.

The state of Georgia is home to 48 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history.

Current NHLs

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

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Locality	County	Description
1	Bellevue	image pending	01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	La Grange 33.040883°N 85.039513°W / 33.040883; -85.039513 (Bellevue)	Troup	Historic home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill; example of a Greek Revival "domesticated temple"
2	Stephen Vincent Benet House		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	Augusta 33.478266°N 82.023029°W / 33.478266; -82.023029 (Benet, Stephen Vincent, House)	Richmond	Commandant's home in Augusta Arsenal; poet Stephen Vincent Benet lived and wrote here; now President's House, Augusta State University
3	Calhoun Mine	image pending	01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Dahlonega 34°33′43″N 83°59′9″W	Lumpkin	Property where gold was discovered in 1828; eventually owned by Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina
4	Carmichael House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Macon 32.840873°N 83.637942°W / 32.840873; -83.637942 (Raines-Carmichael House)	Bibb	Greek Revival house from 1840's, with a spiral staircase in a central tower
5	Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	Savannah 32.0742486425°N 81.0998101602°W / 32.0742486425; -81.0998101602 (Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal)	Chatham	Depot and trainshed of Central of Georgia Railroad
6	Chieftains		01973-11-11 November 11, 1973	Rome 34.280952°N 85.168268°W / 34.280952; -85.168268 (Chieftains)	Floyd	Home of Cherokee Nation chief Major Ridge
7	College Hill		01971-11-11 November 11, 1971	Augusta 33.467364°N 82.015231°W / 33.467364; -82.015231 (College Hill)	Richmond	Home of George Walton, signer of Declaration of Independence
8	Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District		01978-06-02 June 2, 1978	Columbus 32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W	Muscogee	Four separated areas along the Chatahoochee River; includes Columbus Iron Works
9	Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant	image pending	01983-05-04 May 4, 1983	Atlanta 33.754459°N 84.383838°W / 33.754459; -84.383838 (Dixie Coca-cola Bottling Company Plant)	Fulton	The building is now the home of Georgia State University's Baptist Student Union
10	Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory		02006-09-20 September 20, 2006	Midway 31°48′2″N 81°27′56″W	Liberty	Associated with the Southern Christian Leadership's Citizen Education Program
11	Etowah Mounds		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Rome and Cartersville 34°7′30″N 84°48′28″W	Bartow and Floyd	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		02000-02-16 February 16, 2000	Savannah 32°4′55″N 81°2′10″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		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Atlanta 33.771024°N 84.385024°W / 33.771024; -84.385024 (Fox Theatre)	Fulton	Grand movie palace; built in the 1920s; Moorish design
14	Governor's Mansion		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Milledgeville 33.079871°N 83.231944°W / 33.079871; -83.231944 (Old Governor's Mansion)	Baldwin	Executive Mansion from 1838-1868
15	Henry W. Grady House		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Athens 33.961239°N 83.388349°W / 33.961239; -83.388349 (Grady, Henry W., House)	Clarke	Greek Revival house; purchased by Henry W. Grady in 1863, editor of the "Atlanta Constitution"
16	Green-Meldrim House		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Savannah 32.0720872597°N 81.094828019°W / 32.0720872597; -81.094828019 (Green-meldrim House)	Chatham	Designed and built between 1853 and 1861; Gothic Revival style; cast-iron porch and fence
17	Joel Chandler Harris House		01962-12-19 December 19, 1962	Atlanta 33.738163°N 84.421974°W / 33.738163; -84.421974 (Harris, Joel Chandler, House)	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		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Macon 32.840684°N 83.633167°W / 32.840684; -83.633167 (Johnston-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
19	Herndon Home		02000-02-16 February 16, 2000	Atlanta 33°45′29″N 84°24′25″W	Fulton	Home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon, founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
20	Historic Augusta Canal Industrial District		01977-12-22 December 22, 1977	Augusta 33°30′8″N 81°59′57″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		01978-06-02 June 2, 1978	Jekyll Island 31°3′38″N 81°25′19″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		01977-05-05 May 5, 1977	Atlanta 33°45′18″N 84°22′20″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		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Blakely 31°28′17″N 84°55′46″W	Early	Woodland Period mounds
24	Lapham-Patterson House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Thomasville 30.844871°N 83.982727°W / 30.844871; -83.982727 (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
25	Liberty Hall		01983-05-04 May 4, 1983	Crawfordville 33.5560196747°N 82.8958950558°W / 33.5560196747; -82.8958950558 (Liberty Hall)	Taliaferro	Home of Confederate States of America Vice President Alexander Stephens
26	Juliette Gordon Low Historic District		01965-06-23 June 23, 1965	Savannah 32.07523814°N 81.1034137623°W / 32.07523814; -81.1034137623 (Low, Juliette Gordon, Historic District)	Chatham	First Girl Scout meetingplace; birthplace and home of founder Juliette Gordon Low
27	New Echota		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Calhoun 34°32′27″N 84°54′34″W	Gordon	In 1825, officially designated capital of the Cherokee Nation
28	Octagon House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Columbus 32.455862°N 84.991817°W / 32.455862; -84.991817 (Octagon House)	Muscogee	Octagon house also known as May's Folly
29	Old Medical College		01996-06-19 June 19, 1996	Augusta 33°28′13″N 81°57′47″W	Richmond	Original Medical College of Georgia; founded in 1829
30	Owens-Thomas House		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Savannah 32.077277°N 81.089603°W / 32.077277; -81.089603 (Owens-thomas House)	Chatham	English Regency house designed by William Jay; Marquis de La Fayette stayed here during 1824-25
31	Pine Mountain State Park	image pending	01997-09-26 September 26, 1997	Pine Mountain 32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W	Harris	Park near Warm Springs associated with FDR
32	John Ross House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Rossville 34.981725°N 85.284808°W / 34.981725; -85.284808 (Ross, John, House)	Walker	Home of the Cherokee chief John Ross
33	St. Catherine's Island	image pending	01969-12-16 December 16, 1969	South Newport 31°37′50″N 81°9′37″W	Liberty	Site of Santa Catalina de Guale, the first Spanish outpost in Georgia; home of Button Gwinnett
34	Savannah Historic District		01966-11-13 November 13, 1966	Savannah 32°4′28″N 81°5′30″W	Chatham
35	William Scarbrough House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Savannah 32.080931°N 81.097081°W / 32.080931; -81.097081 (Scarbrough, William, House)	Chatham	Greek Revival house; finished in 1819
36	Springer Opera House		01978-06-02 June 2, 1978	Columbus 32.464825°N 84.991473°W / 32.464825; -84.991473 (Springer Opera House)	Muscogee	Historic live performance theater
37	Stallings Island	image pending	01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	Augusta 33°33′39″N 82°2′47″W	Columbia	Archeological site with shell mounds
38	State Capitol		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Atlanta 33.7471862282°N 84.3880767238°W / 33.7471862282; -84.3880767238 (Georgia State Capitol)	Fulton	Completed 1889; still in use
39	Stone Hall, Atlanta University		01974-12-02 December 2, 1974	Atlanta 33.7542292376°N 84.484032753°W / 33.7542292376; -84.484032753 (Stone Hall, Atlanta University)	Fulton	Completed in 1882; Atlanta University was an educational institution for freed slaves
40	Sweet Auburn Historic District		01976-12-08 December 8, 1976	Atlanta 33°45′17″N 84°22′53″W	Fulton	Historic African-American neighborhood
41	Telfair Academy of Arts of Sciences		01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Savannah 32.078935°N 81.094876°W / 32.078935; -81.094876 (Telfair Academy)	Chatham	Originally a family townhouse; became a free art museum in 1886
42	Robert Toombs House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Washington 33.736518°N 82.733933°W / 33.736518; -82.733933 (Toombs, Robert, House)	Wilkes	Home of Robert Toombs, U.S. Senator, C.S.A. Secretary of State and Confederate Army Brigadier General
43	Traveler's Rest		01964-01-29 January 29, 1964	Toccoa 34.6074322252°N 83.2394130171°W / 34.6074322252; -83.2394130171 (Traveler's Rest)	Stephens	Early tavern and inn
44	Tupper-Barnett House		01973-11-07 November 7, 1973	Washington 33.737065°N 82.741795°W / 33.737065; -82.741795 (Tupper-barnett House)	Wilkes	Originally Federal style; converted to Neoclassical mansion
45	George Walton House		01981-12-21 December 21, 1981	Augusta 33.473251°N 81.978189°W / 33.473251; -81.978189 (Meadow Garden)	Richmond	Home of George Walton, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, also a governor and senator
46	Warm Springs Historic District		01980-01-16 January 16, 1980	Warm Springs 32°52′51″N 84°41′7″W	Meriwether	Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
47	Thomas E. Watson House	image pending	01976-05-11 May 11, 1976	Thomson 33.469558°N 82.508226°W / 33.469558; -82.508226 (Watson, Thomas E., House)	McDuffie	Home of Progressive party co-founder
48	Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home		02008-10-06 October 6, 2008	Augusta 33°28′18″N 81°57′55″W	Richmond	Home of Woodrow Wilson

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, 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		01970-10-16 October 16, 1970	Andersonville 32°12′23″N 84°7′24″W	Macon
2	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park		01890-08-19 August 19, 1890	Catoosa, Dade, & Walker Counties 34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W		(shared with Tennessee)
3	Fort Frederica National Monument		01936-05-26 May 26, 1936	St. Simons Island 31°13′26″N 81°23′36″W	Glynn
4	Fort Pulaski National Monument		01924-10-15 October 15, 1924	Cockspur Island 32°1′38″N 80°53′25″W	Chatham
5	Jimmy Carter National Historic Site		01987-12-23 December 23, 1987	Plains 32°02′02″N 84°24′00″W	Sumter
6	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park		01917-02-08 February 8, 1917	Kennesaw 33°58′59″N 84°34′41″W	Cobb
7	Ocmulgee National Monument		01936-12-23 December 23, 1936	Macon 32°50′12″N 83°36′30″W	Bibb

See also

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

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Georgia (47)" (PDF). National Park Service. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/GA01.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service