List of the oldest buildings in Georgia (U.S. state)
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,
Building | Image | Location | First built | Use | Notes |
Pirates' House | Savannah | 1734 | Tavern | also known as the "Herb House" | |
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 | |
Jerusalem Lutheran Church | Ebenezer | 1769 | Church | Oldest church in Georgia | |
Glen Echo | Ellabell | 1773 | House | ||
Rock House | McDuffie County | 1786 | House | Oldest well-documented house in Georgia | |
Thornton House | Stone Mountain | ca. 1790 | House | One of the oldest houses in the state | |
Springfield Baptist Church | Augusta | 1801 | Church | Oldest surviving building in Augusta, rare example of New England meetinghouse style in Georgia | |
134 Houston Street | Savannah | 1801 | House | Original use unknown; was the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten between 1899 and the middle of the 19th century | |
First Presbyterian Church | Augusta | 1804 | Church | Possibly oldest Presbyterian church in Georgia | |
Elisha Winn House | Dacula | ca. 1812 | 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 | |
Meadow Nook | Atlanta | 1856 | House | Oldest surviving house in Atlanta in its original location | |
Congregation Mickve Israel | Savannah | 1878 | Synagogue | Oldest synagogue in Georgia |