{"nrhp_refnum":"72000360","name":"Milledgeville Historic District","other_names":["Atkinson Hall,Georgia College","Former Governor`s Mansion,Old"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Irwin, Thomas, and Warren Sts. and Fishing Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milledgeville","county":"Baldwin County","state":"GA","lat":33.07861151000006,"lon":-83.22849299391257,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Military","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, covering most of the city's original 1803 capital-city plan, bounded by Irwin, Thomas and Warren Streets and Fishing Creek.","why_significant":"The district preserves the plan of Georgia's planned state capital, designated in 1804 and capital until 1868, including its wide streets and four Savannah-style squares. It also holds many pre-Civil War buildings representing Federal, Classical Revival, Gothic Revival and Victorian styles. The nomination argues that listing would help protect the plan and buildings from encroachment.","narrative":"Milledgeville's historic district covers essentially the area laid out in 1803 as the planned capital of Georgia, on a bluff at the head of navigation of the Oconee River. The state legislature designated the city the capital in 1804, and it held that role until 1868. The grid of 100-foot streets and four Savannah-style squares, set aside for a state house, a governor's residence, a penitentiary and a cemetery, still survives. Buildings include the reconstructed Gothic Revival State House, now part of Georgia Military College, and the 1838 Classical Revival Governor's Mansion. Atkinson Hall stands on the former Penitentiary Square, now a college campus. Federal-period houses such as the Cedars and the Ferguson House remain little altered, and Victorian structures such as the Old Opera House add variety. Sherman occupied the city in 1864 without destroying it. The listing was sought to protect the plan and its buildings from growing development pressure.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Classical Revival, Gothic Revival and Victorian, with every major architectural type and style represented","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered. Present uses include commercial, private residence and educational. The form notes that threats to the district's integrity are constant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.148295-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000360/d8a78f85ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000360/d8a78f85ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:201_N._Wayne.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:201_N._Wayne.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206859","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milledgeville_Historic_District,_Georgia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baldwin-county/milledgeville-historic-district-72000360/"}