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List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia

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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.

As of 2023, the state of Georgia is home to 50 of these landmarks.

Key

Current NHLs

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. There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state, The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is also an NHL and is listed above. The remaining seven are:

See also

Historic preservation

National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia

History of Georgia (U.S. state)

List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia

References

External links

"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Georgia (47)" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2004.

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