The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation works to protect and preserve Georgia's historic resources and diverse cultural heritage.
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Faith Chapel, constructed 1904, served as a non-denominational chapel for Jekyll Island Club Members. Listed on the Nati...
06/07/2026

Faith Chapel, constructed 1904, served as a non-denominational chapel for Jekyll Island Club Members. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the chapel has stunning incredible interior details, including stained glass designed by the Ecclesiastical Department of Tiffany Studios in New York.

Wilkes County was the first county in Georgia formed under the Georgia Constitution of 1777. Just three years later, t...
06/06/2026

Wilkes County was the first county in Georgia formed under the Georgia Constitution of 1777. Just three years later, the county seat, Washington, was incorporated and became the first chartered town named for George Washington.

Scenes from our Field Trip on Friday! Thanks to all who attended yesterday's sold-out Insider Tour: On the Road to Revol...
06/06/2026

Scenes from our Field Trip on Friday! Thanks to all who attended yesterday's sold-out Insider Tour: On the Road to Revolution. Attendees had the opportunity to experience history at some of the state's most compelling Revolutionary era sites, including some that are not open to the public. From the state's oldest stone house to a Quaker settlement in McDuffie County, we then visited the Washington Historical Museum. Last stop on the tour was the Kettle Creek Battlefield, site of a crucial Patriot victory in 1779.

DID YOU KNOW? The Bartow History Museum in Cartersville was originally built as a courthouse, but it proved to be unsati...
06/05/2026

DID YOU KNOW? The Bartow History Museum in Cartersville was originally built as a courthouse, but it proved to be unsatisfactory because court proceedings had to be halted while trains passed by on the nearby railroad!

06/05/2026

Happening now! On the Road to Revolution Fiield Trip!

Preserving East and Southeast Georgia’s Historic Legacies with Grants!!🌾From nationally significant house museums to com...
06/05/2026

Preserving East and Southeast Georgia’s Historic Legacies with Grants!!🌾

From nationally significant house museums to community landmarks rooted in education and faith, preservation projects across East and Southeast Georgia are receiving support through the Georgia Trust's Grant program in partnership with The 1772 Foundation, Inc.

🏛️ Meadow Garden – Augusta, GA
A National Historic Landmark, Meadow Garden was the home of George Walton — signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Georgia, Chief Justice of Georgia, and U.S. Senator. Dating in part to 1792, the property became one of Georgia’s earliest house museums when it was restored and opened to the public in 1900 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Grant funds will support restoration of the historic front entry door and original side entrance.

🏠 Boggs Rural Life Center President’s House – Keysville, GA
Originally part of the historic Boggs Academy campus, the President’s House reflects the enduring legacy of one of Georgia’s most important African American educational institutions. Established in 1906, Boggs Academy served generations of Black students before closing in the 1980s. Today, the Boggs Rural Life Center continues that mission through community programming and education initiatives. Grant funds will support exterior rehabilitation work including masonry repointing, moisture mitigation, and restoration of historic wood windows.

⛪ Walker Grove Baptist Church – Newington, GA
Founded in the early 1900s, Walker Grove Baptist Church was part of the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association, which united African American congregations across Southeast Georgia following Reconstruction. These rural churches served not only as places of worship, but also as centers for education, organizing, and community life. The Newington Heritage Society will use grant funds to replace deteriorated sill plates and stabilize the structure as part of ongoing efforts to preserve the building for future community use.

Learn more about our grant programs at https://www.georgiatrust.org/resources/grants-fellowships/

What's a Lustron house? Developed in response to the housing shortages following World War II, Lustron houses were prefa...
06/04/2026

What's a Lustron house? Developed in response to the housing shortages following World War II, Lustron houses were prefabricated enameled steel house modular kits that would "defy weather, wear, and time." The Lustron Corporation made fewer than 3,000 kits before going bankrupt, and only about seven were trucked to metro Atlanta, with others in Albany, Americus and Macon. The one we see here is the most popular model, the "Westchester Deluxe" with 1,021 sq ft.

Join us on June 18th at Rhodes Hall for our Georgia250 Author Talk with Michael Thurmond. He will be discussing his rece...
06/04/2026

Join us on June 18th at Rhodes Hall for our Georgia250 Author Talk with Michael Thurmond. He will be discussing his recent book "James Oglthorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder's Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist." Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees, the Georgia Plan offered England’s “worthy poor” and persecuted Christians an opportunity to achieve financial security in the New World by exporting goods produced on small farms. Most significantly, Oglethorpe and his fellow Trustees were convinced that economic vitality could not be achieved through the exploitation of enslaved Black laborers.

Due primarily to Oglethorpe’s strident advocacy, Georgia was the only British American colony to prohibit chattel slavery prior to the American Revolutionary War. His outspoken opposition to the transatlantic slave trade distinguished Oglethorpe from British colonial America’s more celebrated founding fathers.

James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia uncovers how Oglethorpe’s philosophical and moral evolution from slave trader to abolitionist was propelled by his intellectual relationships with two formerly enslaved Black men. Oglethorpe’s unique “friendships” with Ayuba Suleiman Diallo and Olaudah Equiano, two of eighteenth-century England’s most influential Black men, are little-known examples of in*******al antislavery activism that breathed life into the formal abolitionist movement.

Limited tickets are available. $10 for members. $15 for non-members. Ticket includes beer and wine. https://www.georgiatrust.org/ticket/author-talk-michael-thurmond-james-oglethorpe-father-of-georgia/

Utilizing more than two decades of meticulous research, fresh historical analysis, and compelling storytelling, Thurmond rewrites the prehistory of abolitionism and adds an important new chapter to Georgia’s origin story.

06/03/2026

Jerusalem Lutheran Church is the last surviving landmark of the once‑thriving Georgia Salzburger settlement of Ebenezer, founded in the 1730s by Austrian and German Protestants fleeing religious persecution. Built between 1767 and 1769, the church is the oldest church building in Georgia and became a focal point of community life. During the Revolutionary War, British forces captured Ebenezer in 1779 and turned the church into a hospital and stable. The town never fully recovered from wartime destruction, and the church again suffered damage when Sherman’s troops occupied the area during the Civil War.

Ebenezer’s most notable resident was John Adam Treutlen, Georgia’s first constitutionally elected governor and an influential Revolutionary‑era leader who helped draft the state’s first constitution and served in both political and military roles.

Today, a museum operated by the Georgia Salzburger Society stands across from the church, interpreting the story of the settlers and displaying a relocated colonial‑era cabin. Architecturally, the church is a one‑story brick structure with English‑bond masonry, a wooden belfry, transom‑lit entrances, and paired rows of multi‑pane windows. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it remains a powerful link to Georgia’s early colonial and religious history.

ABOUT THE GEORGIA250 VIDEO SERIES
Follow Georgia Trust President and CEO Wright Mitchell as he explores 13 historic sites associated with Georgia’s colonial and Revolutionary War era, uncovering the stories that shaped the state’s past in this engaging video series that will be released throughout the year.

Additional videos are available at:
https://www.youtube.com/

Looking for💲funding to help preserve and restore historic sites? Check out these upcoming grant opportunities:👉 SAVE AME...
06/03/2026

Looking forđź’˛funding to help preserve and restore historic sites? Check out these upcoming grant opportunities:

👉 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES GRANTS
Deadline: June 16
Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
More at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/save-americas-treasures-grants.htm

👉 PAUL BRUHN HISTORIC REVITALIZATION GRANTS PROGRAM
Deadline: June 23
Administered by the National Park Service, the goal of the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Subgrants Program is to fund subgrant programs that support the rehabilitation of historic properties to foster economic development in rural communities.
More at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/paul-bruhn-historic-revitalization-grants-program.htm

👉 SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL GRANTS
Deadline: June 30
The National Park Service"s (NPS) Semiquincentennial Grant Program will support the physical preservation of a broad variety of cultural resources associated with the founding of America as a nation in commemoration of the country's semiquincentennial (250th anniversary)
More at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/semiquincentennial.htm

👉 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION (APIAHIP) PLACEKEEPERS FUND
Deadline: June 30
This new grant program, with awards up to $100,000, aims to distribute resources directly to communities that are working to document, recognize, and preserve historic sites that are important to Asian and Pacific Islander American history. Visit APIAHiP: Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation or https://apiahip.org/fund for more.

👉 FOX THEATRE GRANT PROGRAM
Opening: June 8
The Fox Theatre Grant Program, through Fox Gives, supports the preservation and revitalization of historic theaters across Georgia, ensuring these cultural landmarks continue to enrich their communities. Visit Fox Gives or https://www.foxtheatre.org/grants for more.

These grants are offered by partners and are not offered through The Georgia Trust. To see the Trust's grants and fellowships visit https://www.georgiatrust.org/resources/grants-fellowships/

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