National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), 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:

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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:

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Brooks County Jail (added 1982 - - #82002387)

200 S. Madison St. , Quitman

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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:

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Eudora Plantation (added 1974 - - #74000662)

Also known as Old Jones Place

3.5 mi. S of Quitman off GA 33 , Quitman

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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:

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Harris--Ramsey--Norris House (added 2008 - - #08000832)

1004 W. Lafayette St. , Quitman

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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:

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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

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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:

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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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