{"nrhp_refnum":"02001493","name":"Tate Gymnasium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5600 GA 53 E","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tate","county":"Pickens County","state":"GA","lat":34.41791983300004,"lon":-84.38069911299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Entertainment/Recreation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden Craftsman-style gymnasium on a marble foundation at 5600 Highway 53 East in Tate, Pickens County, Georgia, built in 1923 by the Georgia Marble Company for Tate High School.","why_significant":"The nomination finds it significant under Criterion A for its ties to the Tate school system, its use for community cultural events, and its link to Colonel Sam Tate and the influential Tate family. It also qualifies under Criterion C as a good, intact example of a small-town Georgia gymnasium of the early 20th century.","narrative":"Built in 1923 in the north Georgia community of Tate, this wooden gymnasium rests on a solid marble foundation and shows Craftsman details such as wide eaves and exposed rafter tails. Carpenters and artisans of the Georgia Marble Company built it with locally made materials, and Colonel Sam Tate, the company's president, paid for it. It served Tate High School and the wider community as a basketball court, auditorium and meeting place. Inside are built-in wooden bleachers, a raised stage, sawn-lumber trusses and basement dressing and shower rooms with marble dividers. The Tate family owned the building until the county board of education took it by condemnation in 1954. It is recognized for its architecture as an intact small-town gymnasium, for its role in local education and recreation, and for its link to the Tate family, who shaped schooling and community life in the marble-quarrying town.","period_of_significance":"1923-1954","architect_builder":"Georgia Marble Company, Builders","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as auditorium and gymnasium, the same as its historic uses. The property received a Georgia Heritage grant in 2001.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.861743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02001493.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001493/ae4ccd55db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001493/ae4ccd55db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MrGeode13","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tate_Gymnasium.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MrGeode13</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tate_Gymnasium.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209257","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Gymnasium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901336"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/pickens-county/tate-gymnasium-02001493/"}