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

Pickens County Georgia has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Tate House, Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District and Pickens County Courthouse, Cagle House and Griffeth--Pendley House.

The famous person Col. Sam Tate is associated with one of more of the Pickens County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Pickens County places including Walker & Weeks, Georgia Marble Company, J. B. Hill, Richard Nash, Eugene Bothwell, Georgia Marble Co. and James W. Golucke. Prominent architectural styles found in Pickens Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Cagle House (added 2002 - - #02000191)

GA 108, approx. 1 1/2 mi. W of GA 5/515 , Tate

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000644)

Centered on GA 53 bet GA 5 and Long Swamp Creek , Tate

Gwringle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Georgia Marble Company, Hill, J. B.

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Tate, Col. Sam

Significant Year:

1840, 1850, 1904

Area of Significance:

Art, Engineering, Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

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

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Funerary, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Clinic, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Griffeth--Pendley House (added 2008 - - #08000293)

2198 Cove Rd. , Jasper

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Pickens County Courthouse (added 2008 - - #08000352)

50 N. Main St. , Jasper

Ichabod, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nash, Richard, Bothwell, Eugene

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

More Information:

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Pickens County Jail (added 1984 - - #84001218)

N. Main St. , Jasper

MrGeode13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Golucke,James W., Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

More Information:

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Tate Gymnasium (added 2002 - - #02001493)

5600 GA 53 E , Tate

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Georgia Marble Co.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Sport Facility

More Information:

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Tate House (added 1974 - - #74000700)

Also known as Pink Palace

E of Tate on Hwy. 53 , Tate

MrGeode13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Walker & Weeks

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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