A historic pool, a small-town courthouse and a church community building are among Georgia landmarks facing imminent threats. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday listed those properties and seven others on its “Places in Peril” list.
Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas.
On Monday, city council members in Commerce, Ga., unanimously rejected a proposal to remove remains from a remote Jackson County cemetery for the construction of a business park.
City Council has been meeting at the Board of Education offices since September while workers restore City Hall's original mahogany woodwork, historic lighting fixtures, and mosaic entrance lobby.
This year, the annual list from the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a mysterious castle, flooded communities in Florida and North Carolina, historic hotels and a gigantic turtle.
In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future. In Altadena, only concrete walls are left from the former home of novelist Zane Grey.
Each year, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation lists historic residences, business and churches threatened by demolition, neglect, development or public policy.
The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.