List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.cite web | last = National Park Service | first = | authorlink = National Park Service | coauthors = | title = National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-09-21 ]

The state of Georgia is home to 47 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history.

Current NHLs

The current NHLs are distributed across Georgia's 159 counties.

Historic areas administered by the National Park Service

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs "per se". There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state,These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"] The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is also an NHL and is listed above. The remaining seven are:

Former NHLs

To be added, if there are any.

References

ee also

*Historic preservation
*National Register of Historic Places
*History of Georgia (U.S. state)

External links

*cite web|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/GA01.pdf |title=National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Georgia (47)|accessdate=2007-10-18
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/ National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service]