List of African-American historic places in Georgia

This is a list of African American Historic Places in Georgia. This was originally based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers,[1] which may primarily have addressed sites that were listed, or were eligible for listing, on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Historic sites might meet local or state criteria for listing in a historic register with or without meeting NRHP listing criteria.

A volunteer organization, the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network (GAAHPN), has been active in preserving African American historic resources since 1989.[2]

The state of Georgia's Historic Preservation Division has staff dedicated in this area since 2000. The program assists in preservation and, with GAAHPN, publishes Reflections, a periodical featuring African American historic sites and stories.[2] HPD's program was the first established within any state historic preservation office.[2]

Contents: Counties in Georgia with African American Historic Places 
Baldwin - Bartow - Bibb - Burke - Camden - Calhoun - Clarke - Cobb - Dougherty - Effingham - Elbert - Floyd - Fulton - Glynn - Greene - Habersham - Hancock- Hart| - Jefferson - Liberty - Lowndes - Meriwether - Muscogee - Paulding - Randolph - Richmond - Thomas - Washington

Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Georgia historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.

Baldwin County
  • Milledge
    • Westover

Bartow County

Bibb County
  • Macon
    • Douglass Theatre, in NRHP-listed Macon Historic District, founded in 1921 by Charles H. Douglass, an African American entrepreneur, to address absence of theatres accessible to African Americans Jim Crow era.[3][4]
    • Fort Hill Historic District
    • Pleasant Hill Historic District
    • Bowden Golf Course

Burke County

Camden County

Chatham County
St. Bartholomew's
  • Burroughs
    • St. Bartholomew's Church
  • Nicholsonville
    • Nicholsonville Baptist Church
  • Savannah
    • Laurel Grove-South Cemetery

Clarke County
Morton Theater
  • Athens
    • Chestnut Grove School
    • Morton Building
    • Reese Street Historic District

Cobb County

Dougherty County

Effingham County
  • Guyton
    • New Hope AME Church

Elbert County

Floyd County
  • Cave Spring
    • Chubb Methodist Episcopal Church

Fulton County
Stone Hall in 1979
  • Atlanta
    • Atlanta University Center District
    • Butler Street Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
    • First Congregational Church
    • Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site and Preservation District
    • Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium
    • Stone Hall, Atlanta University
    • Sweet Auburn Historic District
    • Booker T. Washington High School
  • Younge Street School

Glynn County
  • St. Simons Island
    • Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins

Greene County

Habersham County
  • Clakesville
    • Daes Chapel Methodist Church

Hancock County
  • Mayfield
    • Camilla-Zack Community Center District

Hart County

Jefferson County

Liberty County
Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory
  • Midway
    • Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory

Lowndes County

Meriwether County

Morgan County

Muscogee County
  • Columbus
    • Building at 1612 3rd Avenue
    • Colored Cemetery
    • First African Baptist Church
    • Girard Colored Misson
    • Liberty Theater
    • Isaac Maund House
    • William Price House
    • Gertrude Pridgett "Ma" Rainey House
    • William Henry Spencer House
    • St. Christopher's Normal and Industrial Parish School
    • John Stewart House
    • St. John Chapel

Paulding County

Randolph County

Richmond County

Thomas County
Church of the Good Shepherd

Washington County

References
  1. African American Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
  2. "African American resources". Historic Preservation Division.
  3. "African American Theatres in Georgia" (PDF). Reflections. Historic Preservation Division, Georgia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  4. Jeanne Cyriaque (2012). "The Douglass Theatre Celebrates 90 Years: A Hidden Treasure No More" (PDF). X (3): 1–2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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