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

Walker County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club and McLemore Cove Historic District, Chickamauga Historic District dating back to 1825.

Several famous people are associated with these Walker County historic places including Grant, Ulysses S., et.al. and Gorden Lee.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Walker County places including National Park Service, War Department, John B. Bell, William Hatfield Sears, Warren Henry Manning and George Cornish. Prominent architectural styles found in Walker Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival and Italianate.

Chickamauga Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000700)

Roughly centered on Cove Rd. and bounded by Crescent, Pearl, & 6th Sts. and the Central of Georgia RR , Chickamauga

Tomaso119, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Historic Person:

Lee, Gorden

Area of Significance:

Military, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

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

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Organizational, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (added 1966 - - #66000274)

S of Chattanooga on U.S. 27 , Wildwood

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

War Department, National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Grant, Ulysses S., et.al.

Significant Year:

1866, 1890, 1863

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Military, Art, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club (added 1990 - - #90000991)

1201 Fleetwood Dr. , Lookout Mountain

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sears,William Hatfield, Manning,Warren Henry

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

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

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Single Dwelling

McLemore Cove Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001140)

Also known as See Also:Richard Lane House;Miller Brothers Farm

3 mi. S of Chickamauga, in an area roughly bounded by Lookout and Pigeon Mtns., and GA 136 , Kensington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cornish, George, Bell, John B.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Military, Religion, Transportation, Prehistoric, Education

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Post Office, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling