Georgia - Brooks County
Brooks County Georgia has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, Brooks County Courthouse, Quitman Historic District and Turner, Henry Gray, House and Grounds and Brooks County Jail.

The famous person Henry Gray Turner is associated with one of more of the Brooks County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Brooks County places including Munn & Co., Bruce & Morgan, John Wind and Simeon A. Remington. Prominent architectural styles found in Brooks Country are Greek Revival, Romanesque and Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods).

Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04001239)
Cty Rd. 125 , Quitman
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
Brooks County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80000976)
Courthouse Sq. , Quitman
Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bruce & Morgan, Wind,John
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Economics, Law, Politics/Government, Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
Brooks County Jail (added 1982 - - #82002387)
200 S. Madison St. , Quitman
Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Remington,Simeon A.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Eudora Plantation (added 1974 - - #74000662)
Also known as Old Jones Place
3.5 mi. S of Quitman off GA 33 , Quitman
OgreBot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wind,John
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Harris--Ramsey--Norris House (added 2008 - - #08000832)
1004 W. Lafayette St. , Quitman
Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Liberty Baptist Church (added 2013 - - #13000609)
Liberty Church Rd., Grooverville
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Quitman Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002388)
Also known as See Also:Brooks County Courthouse
US 84 , Quitman
Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Industry, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Organizational, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Organizational, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Turner, Henry Gray, House and Grounds (added 1980 - - #80000977)
1000 Old Madison Rd. , Quitman
Dfj1200, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Munn & Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Turner,Henry Gray
Significant Year:
1895
Area of Significance:
Law, Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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