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.
The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Historic District housed the headquarters for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) that included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s office from 1963 to his assassination in 1968. The building is now being restored.
After 40 years of sitting unused, "Classics at the Bibb" is bringing people back to Macon's Bibb Theatre, though the future of the building is still unknown.
A unique home located off of Forsyth Road near Wesleyan College has caught the eye of many people traveling down Tucker Road, and now, it is up for sale for more than $1 million.
Atlanta’s dedication to preserving history was on display last month as the city received seven awards from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
