National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), Chatham County

Chatham County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 28 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 11 places of National significance and 12 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bethesda Home for Boys, Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed, Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities, Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property and Fort Pulaski National Monument.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Spanish Mission, American Colonial and Archaic dating back to 499 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Chatham County historic places including Gen. George C. Marshall, Juliette Gordon Low, Henry H. Lattimore and Peter Wiltberger Meldrim.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Chatham County places including Augustus Schwaab, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, A.S. Eichburg, Simon Bernard, William Gibbons Preston, William Jay, John S. Norris, William Morrill Wadley, Henry Urban and Loring Olmstead Reynolds. Prominent architectural styles found in Chatham Country are Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Colonial Revival.

Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001787)

Roughly bounded by Ardsley Pk., Chatham Crescent, Bull St., Baldwin Pk. and Ardmore , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Lattimore,Henry H.,et al.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Bethesda Home for Boys (added 1973 - - #73000614)

Also known as Bethesda

S of Savannah at Ferguson Ave. and Bethesda Rd. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, School

Bonaventure Cemetery (added 2001 - - #01000035)

Also known as Bonaventure Plantation, Evergreen Cemetery

Bonaventure Rd., 1 mi. N of US 80 , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Urban, Henry, et.al.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Other-Ethnic, Community Planning And Development, Art, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Institutional Housing, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Other, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Carver Village Historic District (added 2019 - - #100003340)

Bounded by W Gwinnett & Endley Sts., Allen Blun, & Collat Aves., Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bergen, Cletus W., Tassey, John

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Black, Ethnic Heritage

Period of Significance:

1948-1968 AD

Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed (added 1976 - - #76000610)

Also known as See Also:Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Ter

W. Broad and Liberty Sts. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schwaab,Augustus

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Rail-Related

Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities (added 1978 - - #78000970)

Also known as See Also:70000199;76000610

W. Broad St. and Railroad Ave. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Schwaab,Augustus

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Warehouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property (added 1970 - - #70000199)

Also known as See Also:Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Ter

Between W. Jones St. and Louisville Rd. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Wadley,William Morrill

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cuyler--Brownville Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000028)

Also known as Cuyler-Brownsville Historic District

Roughly bounded by Anderson Ln., W. 31st St., Montgomery St., Victory Dr., Ogeechee Rd., and Hopkins St. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bergen, Cletus W.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Italianate, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Meldrim, Peter Wiltberger

Significant Year:

1868, 1883, 1867

Area of Significance:

Social History, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture, Health/Medicine, Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Department Store, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Daffin Park--Parkside Place Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000554)

Bounded by Victory Dr., Waters Ave., Bee St. and 51st Street Ln. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nolen, John

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Eastside Historic District (added 2002 - - #02001292)

Also known as Collinsville, The Meadows

Roughly bounded by E. Broad, Cedar, Gwinnett and Anderson Sts. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., De Bruyn, J.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000184)

Bounded approx. by DeRenne Dr., Waters Ave., Truman Pkwy., and Casey Canal, and the Live Oaks Golf Course , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hampton, Mark Garrison, et al.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Fort Pulaski National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000064)

17 mi. W of Savannah, Cockspur Island , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bernard,Simon

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Military, Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Fortification, Military Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Park

Fort Screven Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002393)

Tilton, Butler, Van Horn, Railroad and Alger Aves., and Pulaski Rd. , Tybee Island

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Marshall,Gen. George C.

Significant Year:

1906, 1946, 1896

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Engineering, Military, Landscape Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Military Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Gordonston Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000741)

Roughly bounded by Skidaway Rd., Goebel Ave., Gwinnett St., and Pennslyvania Ave. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Park, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Isle of Hope Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003874)

Roughly bounded by Skidaway River, Parkersburg Rd., Island, Cornus, and Noble Glen Drs. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Low, Juliette Gordon, Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000276)

Also known as Andrew Low House and Carrige House, Wayne--Gordon House: First Girl Scout Headquarters

10 Oglethorpe Ave., E., 330 Drayton St., 329 Abercorn St. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Norris, John S., Jay,William

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Italianate

Historic Person:

Low,Juliette Gordon

Significant Year:

1821, 1912, 1818

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Museum, Organizational

Magnolia Park Historic District (added 2024 - - #100009267)

Roughly bounded by DeRenne Ave., Latimer and Brogdon Sts., Lovett and Bacon Park Drs., Broadmoor Cir., and Truman Pkwy., Savannah

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Ossabaw Island (added 1996 - - #96000468)

7 mi. S of Savannah, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Bear R., Ogeechee R., and St. Catherine's Sound , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wallin,Henrik, Shipman,Ellen Biddle

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival, Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Architecture, Black, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Spanish Mission, American Colonial, Archaic

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Camp, Garden, Multiple Dwelling, Road-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Single Dwelling

Savannah Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000277)

Bounded by E. Broad, Gwinnett, and W. Broad Sts. and the Savannah River , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Plaza, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Plaza, Single Dwelling

Savannah Victorian Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000665)

Also known as See Also:Savannah Victorian District (Boundary Increase)

Roughly bounded by Gwinnett, Price, Anderson, and Montgomery Sts. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Preston,William Gibbons, Eichburg,A.S.

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Savannah Victorian Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1982 - - #82002392)

Also known as See Also:Savannah Victorian Historic District

Bounded by Gwinnett, Anderson and 31st Sts. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Savannah and Ogeechee Canal (added 1997 - - #97000814)

Roughly along I-95, between the Savannah and Ogeechee Rs. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Clinton, Dewitt, Reynolds, Loring Olmstead

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Government, Government, Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Public Works

Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000813)

Also known as Garden Historic District;South Victorian Historic District;A

Roughly bounded by Anderson Ln., 42nd St., Victory Dr., E. Broad St., and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Urban, Henry, Wallin, Henrik

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Black, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

College, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Tybee Island Back River Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000928)

Along Chatham Ave., from Tybee River to Venetian Dr. , Tybee Island

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Tybee Island Strand Cottages Historic District (added 1999 - - #98000971)

Also known as The Strand

Along Butler Ave., between 12 St. and 14th St. , Tybee Island

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Solomon, AP, Sr., Furse, David Thomas, et al.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Vernonburg Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000714)

Also known as Vernonburgh, 9CH703

Dancy Ave., Rockwell Ave. and S. Rockwell Ave. , Vernonburg

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development, European

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Hotel, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Wormsloe Plantation (added 1973 - - #73000615)

Isle of Hope and Long Island , Savannah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Military, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling