This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Georgia in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Georgia and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. With the founding of Savannah in 1733 as a British colony, Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. A select few surviving buildings date to this colonial period before the American Revolutionary War. To be listed here a site must:
- date to the year 1799 or prior to; or
- be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.)
Building | Image | Location | First built | Use | Notes |
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Horton House | Jekyll Island | 1743 | House | One of the oldest tabby concrete buildings in Georgia | |
Wild Heron | near Savannah | 1756 | Plantation house | One of the oldest documented houses in Georgia[1][2] | |
Jerusalem Lutheran Church | Ebenezer | 1769 | Church | Oldest church building in Georgia and the oldest continuous Lutheran congregation in the U.S.[3] | |
Glen Echo | Ellabell | 1773 | House | ||
Eppinger House | Chatham | c. 1776 | House | Believed to be the oldest extant brick building in the state | |
Old Rock House | McDuffie County | 1786 | House | Oldest well-documented house in Georgia[2] | |
Thornton House | Stone Mountain | 1790 (circa) | House | One of the oldest houses in the state | |
Pirates' House | Savannah | 1794 | House | ||
Drouillard-Maupas House | Savannah | 1799 | House | Oldest surviving building in the Thomas Square District, predating the surrounding street grid | |
Springfield Baptist Church | Augusta | 1801 | Church | Oldest surviving building in Augusta, rare example of New England meetinghouse style in Georgia | |
First Presbyterian Church | Augusta | 1804 | Church | Possibly oldest Presbyterian church in Georgia | |
Elisha Winn House | Dacula | 1812 (circa) | House | Oldest surviving house in metro Atlanta. The location of Gwinnett County's first government | |
First Baptist Church | Savannah | 1833 | Church | Oldest surviving church in Savannah | |
Pine Log Methodist Church | Rydal | 1842 | Church | Oldest continuously used church in Northwest Georgia | |
Meadow Nook | Atlanta | 1856 | House | Oldest surviving house in Atlanta in its original location | |
Congregation Mickve Israel | Savannah | 1878 | Synagogue | Oldest synagogue in Georgia |
See also
- List of oldest structures in Atlanta
- List of the oldest buildings in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia
References
- ^ "Wild Heron Plantation (near Savannah, Ga.)". Dlg.galileo.usg.edu. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Historic Resources | Historic Preservation Division -- Georgia Department of Natural Resources". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Who shot the swan in the belfry of the oldest church in Georgia?" – Savannah Morning News, August 15, 2021, p. 5D