Many famous people are associated with these Richmond County historic places including George Walton, Stephen Vincent Benet, Nicholas Ware, Woodrow Wilson, Lucy Craft Laney and Christopher FitzSimons.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Richmond County places including Dennis Redmond, Alistair Mackenzie, C. B. Cluskey, John Rudolph Niernsee, John Trowbridge, Robert Mills, Brother Cornelius Otten, Henry Wendell, William Henry Goodrich and Palmer-Spivey Construction Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in Richmond Country are Greek Revival, Romanesque and Colonial Revival.