{"nrhp_refnum":"72000359","name":"Atkinson Hall, Georgia College","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Georgia College campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milledgeville","county":"Baldwin County","state":"GA","lat":33.08041610400005,"lon":-83.23071829899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late-Victorian brick dormitory building on the Georgia College campus in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, built in 1896 and designed by the architects Bruce and Morgan, with Classical Revival additions around 1920.","why_significant":"Built to house women students of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, it is tied to the school's founding and to Governor William Y. Atkinson, for whom it is named. Around 1920 it was joined to two new flanking buildings by a Corinthian portico, creating a three-building colonnaded facade that is the campus's major architectural feature. The nomination calls it an important early example of adaptive use.","narrative":"Atkinson Hall is a brick dormitory on the Georgia College campus in Milledgeville, completed in 1896 for students of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College. The school was founded in 1889 to give Georgia girls of limited means a practical education, and the hall was named for William Y. Atkinson, the college's founder and later governor. Designed by the architects Bruce and Morgan, it stood on Penitentiary Square and housed 135 students, with a parlor, dining hall and infirmary. About 1920 large brick buildings were built on either side, and Atkinson received a Corinthian portico and Classical Revival details so the three would read as one monumental colonnaded structure. That composition is now the campus's chief architectural feature, and the hall is its oldest building. It is noted as an early example of adapting an older building to blend with newer ones. The nomination records fair condition, a need for renovation, and current use as a post office and dining hall.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries; specific dates 1896, c. 1920","architect_builder":"Bruce and Morgan, architects","architectural_style":"Late-Victorian brick building with Classical Revival details (Corinthian portico)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; in fair condition, described as needing renovation. It houses the college post office and a student dining hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.238725-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000359/1f2bedddba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000359/1f2bedddba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cdharrison","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atkinson_Hall,_Georgia_College_2012-09-24_22-22-32.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cdharrison</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:Atkinson_Hall,_Georgia_College_2012-09-24_22-22-32.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72000360","name":"Milledgeville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/milledgeville-historic-district-72000360/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_Hall,_Georgia_College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baldwin-county/atkinson-hall-georgia-college-72000359/"}