List of the oldest buildings in Georgia (U.S. state)
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This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Georgia in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Georgia and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:
- date from prior to 1776; or
- be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),
Building | Image | Location | First built | Use | Notes |
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Pirates' House | Savannah | 1734 | Tavern | also known as the "Herb House"[1] | |
Horton House | Jekyll Island | 1743 | House | One of the oldest brick buildings in Georgia | |
Wild Heron | near Savannah | 1756 | Plantation house | One of the oldest documented houses in Georgia[2][3] | |
Jersusalem Lutheran Church | Ebenezer | 1769 | Church | Oldest church in Georgia | |
Glen Echo | Ellabell | 1773 | House | ||
Rock House | McDuffie County | 1786 | House | Oldest well-documented house in Georgia[3] | |
Thornton House (Stone Mountain, Georgia) | Stone Mountain | ca. 1790 | House | One of the oldest houses in the state | |
Springfield Baptist Church (Augusta, Georgia) | Augusta | 1801 | Church | Oldest surviving building in Augusta, rare example of New England meetinghouse style in Georgia | |
First Presbyterian Church (Augusta, Georgia) | Augusta | 1804 | Church | Possibly oldest Presbyterian church in Georgia | |
Elisha Winn House | Dacula | ca. 1812 | House | Oldest surviving house in metro Atlanta. The location of Gwinnett County's first government | |
First Baptist Church in Savannah | Savannah | 1833 | Church | Oldest surviving church in Savannah | |
Meadow Nook | Atlanta | 1856 | House | Oldest surviving house in Atlanta in its original location | |
Congregation Mickve Israel | Savannah | 1878 | Synagogue | Oldest synagogue in Georgia |
See also
- List of oldest structures in Atlanta
- Oldest buildings in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia
References
- ^ "The Pirate's House". Thepirateshouse.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Wild Heron Plantation (near Savannah, Ga.)". Dlg.galileo.usg.edu. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b [1] [dead link]