Preservation Posts - monthly ejournal written by HPD staff that focuses on HPD programs and projects
Preservation Georgia Online - weekly enewsletter that features preservation news, announcements and activities from across the nation
Reflections - GAAHPN publication that features stories about African American communities and historic resources in Georgia
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What's New
Applications for FFY2012 HPF grants for CLGs are available on our Grants web page. Postmark deadline is February 1, 2012.
HPD is pleased to announce its latest publication. The Preservation Primer focuses on historic preservation strategies to identify, evaluate and protect historic properties and brings together information from various sources into one guiding document.
Check out our new interactive online map of self-guided historic walking and driving tours in Georgia!
Since its first issue appeared in December 2000, Reflections has documented hundreds of Georgia's African American historic resources. Now you can find links to issues organized by resource name and type, including cemeteries, schools and theatres. Read the latest edition - December 2011.
Dr. Dave Crass, Director of the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, is pleased to announce that Pelham in Mitchell County is Georgia’s most recent and 83rd Certified Local Government (CLG). The National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed the designation late December 2011.
The Georgia Welcome Center (now the Georgia Visitor Information Center), located on U.S. Highway 301 approximately 16 miles northeast of the county seat of Sylvania in Screven County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 2011. The center is ¾ of a mile west of the Savannah River and the South Carolina border on a rural U. S. highway that was once a major route between the states. The property was listed at the state level of significance because it was the first of a series of welcome centers built in Georgia as part of a statewide tourism program begun in the early 1960s. The nomination was sponsored by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), which also prepared the nomination materials.
The Toccoa Downtown Historic District, roughly bounded by Alexander Street on the west, Currahee Street on the south, Hill Street on the east, and Savannah Street on the north, in Toccoa, Stephens County was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2011. The City of Toccoa sponsored the nomination and a consultant prepared the nomination materials.
The Glynn Academy located at 1313 Egmont Street in Brunswick, Glynn County was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 2011. The Glynn County Board of Education sponsored the nomination and a consultant prepared the nomination materials.
The Colonel Benjamin Hawkins Gravesite, located in a rural area southwest of Roberta in Crawford County, approximately five miles from Knoxville, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the state level of significance on November 10, 2011. The Crawford County Historical Society and Crawford County Board of Commissioners sponsored the nomination and a volunteer prepared the nomination materials.
The South Philpot Street Historic District, roughly bounded by Philpot Street, East Avenue (U.S. Highway 278), East Ware Street, and Park Street in Cedartown, Polk County was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 2011. The Cedartown Historic Preservation Commission sponsored the nomination and a consultant prepared the nomination materials.
The Ponce de Leon Court Historic District, located a few blocks east of the downtown Decatur square in DeKalb County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 2011. The city of Decatur and the property owners sponsored the nomination and a consultant prepared the nomination materials.
The Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced the recent publication of the Preservation Primer: A Resource Guide for Georgia.
The 2011 Georgia Centennial Farm Awards will be held on Friday, October 7, 2011, at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. The ceremony will begin with a luncheon followed by the awards presentation. This year’s keynote speaker is Gary Black, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Metter Downtown Historic District, centered on the intersection of Broad Street and Rountree Street in Metter, Candler County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2011. The City of Metter sponsored the nomination and the director of Metter’s Better Hometown Program prepared the nomination materials.