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]
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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.
- Milledge
- Cassville
- 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
- Keysville
- Burroughs
- Nicholsonville
- Savannah
- Marietta
- Albany
- Guyton
- Elberton
- Cave Spring
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- Atlanta
- Younge Street School
- St. Simons Island
- Greensboro
- Clakesville
- Louisville
- Valdosta
- Greenville
- Woodbury
- Madison
- Madison Historic District (Boundary Increase)
- Columbus
- Building at 1612 3rd Avenue
- Claflin School
- 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
- Hiram Colored School, a Rosenwald School that was NRHP-listed in 2001.
- Cuthbert
- Augusta
- Laney-Walker North Historic District
- Springfield Baptist Church (Boundary Increase)
- Sanderville
- Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School, the first Rosenwald School in Georgia to be listed on the National Register (in 1981)
References
[edit]- ^ African American Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
- ^ a b c "African American resources". Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "African American Theatres in Georgia" (PDF). Reflections. Historic Preservation Division, Georgia. Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
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Jeanne Cyriaque (2012). "The Douglass Theatre Celebrates 90 Years: A Hidden Treasure No More" (PDF). X (3): 1–2. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014.
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