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

Jackson County Georgia has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Braselton Historic District, Hardman, Governor L. G., House, Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital, Jackson County Courthouse and Maysville Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Jackson County historic places including John E. Hill, Governor L.G. Hardman, Abraham Atkins and Seaborn M. Shankle.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Jackson County places including W.W. Thomas, Lee Nelms, E.S. (Scott) Ethridge, Leroy C. Hart, J. Frank Moorefield, M.B. McGinty, E. Scott Ethridge, J. R. Hosch, Sam Kelly, Hosch, R.A. and et al.. Prominent architectural styles found in Jackson Country are Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Victorian.

Braselton Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000384)

Jct. of GA 124 and GA 53 , Braselton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Landscape Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, Post Office, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Business, Cemetery, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Sport Facility

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Commerce Commercial Historic District (added 1989 - - #88003226)

Also known as Harmony Grove Commercial Historic District

Roughly bounded by Line, State, Cherry, Sycamore and Broad Sts. , Commerce

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Specialty Store

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Hardman, Governor L. G., House (added 1988 - - #88000749)

208 Elm St. , Commerce

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hart,Leroy C.

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Hardman,Governor L.G.

Significant Year:

1927, 1921

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital (added 1985 - - #85000936)

GA 53 & Peachtree Rd. , Hoschton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Moorefield,J. Frank

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Historic Person:

Hill,John E.

Significant Year:

1917, 1930, 1914

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Sanatorium, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Holder Plantation (added 1990 - - #90001408)

Also known as Plantation at Jefferson

Jct. of Possum Creek Rd. and US 129 , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

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Hoschton Depot (added 2000 - - #00000304)

4276 GA 53 , Hoschton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hosch, J. R., Hosch, R.A., et al.

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Jackson County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80001096)

GA 1 , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McGinty,M.B., Thomas,W.W.

Architectural Style:

Other, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Economics, Law, Politics/Government, Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Unknown

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Jefferson Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000137)

Roughly centered on the downtown central business district fo Jefferson extending to city limits to NW and SW , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Ethridge, E. Scott

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Engineering, Industry, Landscape Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Correctional Facility, Meeting Hall, Professional, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Courthouse, Monument/Marker, Professional, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

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Maysville Historic District (added 1985 - - #85002203)

Along E. Main, W. Main and Homer Sts. , Maysville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Atkins,Abraham,et al.

Area of Significance:

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

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Oak Avenue Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000564)

S of jct. of Oak Ave. and the Southern RR , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kelly, Sam

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Paradise Cemetery (added 2002 - - #02000563)

E of Southern RR bet. Lawrenceville St. and Mahaffey Circle , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

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Shankle, Seaborn M., House (added 1979 - - #79000732)

125 Cherry St , Commerce

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Historic Person:

Shankle,Seaborn M.

Significant Year:

1875, 1845

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Shields--Etheridge Farm (added 1992 - - #92000814)

Jct. of GA 319 and Co. Rd. 125, approximately 5 mi. SW of Jefferson , Jackson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ethridge,E.S. (Scott)

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Agriculture, Landscape Architecture, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

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Talmo Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000960)

Roughly along Main St., Kinney Ave., and A.J. Irvin Rd. , Talmo

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

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

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Post Office, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Williamson--Maley--Turner Farm (added 1995 - - #95000823)

Also known as Round Barn Furniture Store

GA 15 NE of Jefferson , Jefferson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nelms, Lee

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Processing, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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