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

Ware County Georgia has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

The famous person Obediah Barber is associated with one of more of the Ware County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ware County places including Virgil C. Parker, Lucius E. Allen, Dice-Schmidt Construction Co. and James Knox Taylor. Prominent architectural styles found in Ware Country are Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival and Gothic Revival.

Barber, Obediah, Homestead (added 1995 - - #95000742)

Off Swamp Rd. approximately 7 mi. S of Waycross , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Barber, Obediah

Significant Year:

1870

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Downtown Waycross Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000125)

Also known as See Also:US Post Office and Courthouse;Phoenix Hotel;Waycros

Roughly bounded by the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks and Albany, Isabella, Remshart and Nicholls Sts. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,James Knox, Et al.

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Hotel, Park, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Rail-Related

More Information:

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First African Baptist Church and Parsonage (added 2003 - - #03000197)

Also known as First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

615 Knight St. and 407 Satilla Blvd. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Lott Cemetery (added 2008 - - #08000712)

Butler St. between Tebeau and Pendleton St. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Manor School (added 2017 - - #100001310)

4650 Manor Millwood Road, Manor

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1937-1964 AD

Phoenix Hotel (added 1986 - - #86000802)

201--222 Pendleton St. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parker,Virgil C., Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

More Information:

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U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80001258)

605 Elizabeth St. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dice-Schmidt Construction Co., Allen,Lucius E.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Waycross Historic District (added 1976 - - #76000656)

Roughly bounded by Plant Ave., Williams, Lee, Chandler, and Stephen Sts. , Waycross

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Second Empire, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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