National Historic Landmarks in Georgia
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These are nationally significant sites that reside in the state of Georgia. It includes the Historic Landmarks owned by the Park Service.
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LaGrange, Augusta, Dahlonega, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Columbus, Atlanta, Midway, Cartersville, Milledgeville, Athens, Jekyll Island, Blakely, Thomasville, Crawfordville, Calhoun, Pine Mountain, Rossville, Georgia, Washington, Toccoa, Warm Springs, Thomson, Andersonville, Fort Oglethorpe, Saint Simons Island, Tybee Island, Plains, Kennesaw
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- Tags: History, National Register, Landmarks, Georgia
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| Bellevue Plantation at 204 Ben Hill Street. Can't believe it's not listed on tripadvisor. |
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| The Stephen Vincent Benet House on Augusta University, now used as the President's House. |
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| The Calhoun Mine located a few miles out of town on Private Property. |
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| Located corner of College Street and Georgia Avenue, a private residence. |
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Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed |
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| Chieftains House - Home of Cherokee Nation chief Major Ridge |
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| College Hill House was home to George Walton, signer of Declaration of Independence. It is located at 2216 Wrightsboro Road, two miles west of Augusta. It is a private residence, and is not open to the public. |
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Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District |
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9. Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Plant
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| Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant now houses the Baptist Student Union on the Georgia State University |
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| Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory a significant site in the Civil Rights Movement. |
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11. Etowah Indian Mounds State Park
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The most intact Mississippian Culture site in the Southeastern United States, Etowah was home to several thousand Native Americans between 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D., and contained six earthen mounds, a plaza, village and a defensive ditch.
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| Known as Fort James Jackson on the Landmarks list, and important during the civil war. |
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| 1920s theatre in Moorish design, and still presenting events currently. |
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| Old Governor's Mansion - Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia from 1806 to 1868. The house is open to the public. |
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| Henry Grady house (aka Taylor-Grady House), open to the public. |
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| This pink Gothic Revival house was built in 1861, but then commandeered by Sherman during the Civil War as his personal headquarters. Open to the public. |
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Joel Chandler Harris House - Harris is best known for writing the Uncle Remus stories. |
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| Johnston-Felton-Hay House, sometimes referred to as "Palace of the South", is an Italian Renaissance Revival house is now a house museum. |
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Historic Augusta Canal Industrial District
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20. Jekyll Island Club Hotel
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Ave price:
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21. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
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| Includes his childhood home, Ebeneezer Baptist Church, Gandhi Promenade, King Center and Civil Rights Walk of Fame. |
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| Lapham-Patterson House - Victorian house built with an intentional lack of symmetry. |
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| Liberty Hall - Home of Confederate States of America Vice President Alexander Stephens, now owned by the State Parks Dept and open for tours. |
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25. Juliette Gordon Low's Birthplace
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| First Girl Scout meeting place and home of founder Juliette Gordon Low. Open to the public. |
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| New Echota - capital of the Cherokee Nation. Now a state park with several original buildings, supplemented with recreations, the village is most famous as the starting point of the Trail of Tears. |
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Octagon House - Better known as May's Folly was originally built as a rectangular house the house became double-octagonal after additions were made. It is the only known double octagonal house in the country. Not open to the public. |
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| Old Medical College - A Greek Revival building with the addition of a dome, served as one the first Medical Colleges in the South. Now part of the Parks Service it is used as a conference center, it can be visited M-F mornings by appointment. |
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| This house museum is run by the Telfair Museum of Savannah. Completed in 1819 the house is an excellent example of English Regency style, and served as lodgings for Lafayette in 1824-1825. |
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30. Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park
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FDR Park, located near Warm Springs, was an area that the President enjoyed tremendously.
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| John Ross House - A 1797 two story log cabin. Home of John Ross, Cherokee Nation Chief. Open in summer in the afternoon. |
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32. Golden Isles of Georgia
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| St. Catherine's Island - It was the site of the first Spanish outpost in Georgia, and was a Spanish mission center during 1566-1684. Later it was home of Button Gwinnett, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Foundation owned, it is not open to the public. |
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One of the country's largest historic districts, it generally encompasses the entire city at the time of the Civil War.
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34. Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
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| The William Scarbrough House is now the Ships of the Sea Museum. Built in 1819 it was designed by William Jay. |
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| Opened in 1871 it has hosted performances by Edwin Booth, Ethel Barrymore, Agnes de Mille, and John Phillip Sousa. Tours available. |
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| Stallings Island - Stallings Island is an archaeological site upstream from Augusta, Georgia in the Savannah River. was a major settlement of Native Americans from 4,500 to 3,500 years ago. Not open to the public. |
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37. Georgia State Capitol
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| Completed in 1889 the neoclassical gilded dome building has become a symbol for the State of Georgia. |
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Stone Hall of Atlanta University - Atlanta University began as an educational institution for freed slaves. It is now part of Morris Brown University. |
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| Historic African-American neighborhood. |
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40. Telfair Museum of Art
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| Designed by William Jay, the mansion was built for Alexander Telfair. His granddaughter Mary Telfair willed the building to charity, creating Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
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41. Robert Toombs House State Historic Site
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The house of one of the South's most unusual politicians.
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| Traveler's Rest - Now a state park Traveler's Rest, a stagecoach inn and plantation home, was built around 1815. |
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| Tupper-Barnett House - Private residence. Originally built in the Federal Style, colonnades were added to convert the house into a Neoclassical mansion. As of 8/08 it was up for sale. |
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| George Walton House - aka Meadow Garden House. Home of Declaration of Independence signer George Walton, this pre-1791 farm house is Augusta's oldest surviving house. Open to the public. |
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Warm Springs Historic District - It includes FDR's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and other buildings nearby from the 20s and 30s as it looked in Roosevelt's time.
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| Hickory Hill - belonged to fiery Populist statesman Thomas E. Watson of the Progressive Party. Open to the public. |
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47. Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
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48. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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49. Fort Frederica National Monument
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50. Fort Pulaski National Monument
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51. Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
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52. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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53. Ocmulgee National Monument
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