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The Granada Apartments in Atlanta opened in 1924, and was designed by Havis & Constantine, in a Spanish Colonial style.
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Georgia adds 11 new sites to state register of historic places
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The state of Georgia adds 11 new listings to the Georgia Register of Historic Places, continuing to highlight the state's share of historic resources.
The Georgia National Register Review Board approved of the listings at an October meeting.
According to a press release, "this group evaluates state nominations for both the Georgia Register and the National Register of Historic Places."
A Georgia Register listing is a key step before a property can be forwarded to the federal National Park Service for consideration on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) uses new listings in the Georgia Register and the National Register to support its mission of “building strong, vibrant communities.”
First Federal Savings & Loan Association Headquarters; Savannah, Chatham County
Located at 132 East Broughton Street, Savannah, Chatham County in downtown Savannah, the First Federal Savings and Loan Association Headquarters was the headquarters of the largest savings and loan institution in the Savannah area at the time of the building's construction.
Waleska Elementary School; Waleska, Cherokee County
Waleska Elementary School, located at 471 Grady Street; Waleska, Ga., was listed as significant in the period of 1948. The school replaced several smaller rural schools in Cherokee County and exhibited key defining features of a consolidated public school.
Chalk Level Historic District; Newnan, Coweta County
The Chalk Level Historic District began in the late-19th century and is one of Newnan's oldest documented African American communities with key landmark resources like Black schools, churches and federally funded housing.
Euharlee Elementary School; Rockmart, Polk County
Euharlee Elementary School is located in Northwest Georgia near the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The school is significant for being the segregated white elementary school of Rockmart during the time period of segregation.
Brooks Historic District; Brooks, Fayette County
The Brooks Historic District is the only example of a crossroads town with a railroad of its type in Fayette County. It includes commercial and residential properties, some of which dating to the early to mid-20th century, placed along the railroad corridor.
The Building at 220 Sunset Avenue; Atlanta, Fulton County
The Building was constructed in the Vine City neighborhood in 1949 during a the time where Atlanta was heavily segregated and was one few areas in the city where Black families were allowed to live.
Atlanta Constitution Building; Atlanta, Fulton County
The Atlanta Constitution Building is a five-story newspaper publishing building. In 1929, the paper hired Ralph McGill, who became one of the most known journalists in the history of the newspaper, writing on racial justice and equality and reaching a national audience.
Granada Apartments; Atlanta, Fulton County
The Granada Apartments is one of Atlanta's early 20th-century garden apartments. It has a Spanish Revival-style which was rarely used in Atlanta at the time.
Mark Inn East; Atlanta, Fulton County
Mark Inn East, located at 277 Moreland Avenue SE, Atlanta, Ga., was the second location of Mark Inn Inc., an Atlanta-based motel chain founded in 1961 which grew into a small regional chain by the late 1970s. Of the Mark Inns built between 1961 and 1966, Mark Inn East is the only one remaining.
Milton Avenue School; Atlanta, Fulton County
The Milton Avenue School, located at 202 Milton Avenue, SE Atlanta, Ga., was the first public school building in the newly annexed Chosewood Park neighborhood. The school was among of the first schools designed for cities and large towns in Georgia.
Stewart Avenue Industrial Historic District; Atlanta, Fulton County
The Stewart Avenue Industrial Historic District, located near Atlanta City Hall, played a role in the transformation of Atlanta into a more commercial-based economy and influenced the city’s shifting reliance on railroads and trucking industries.
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