2009 annual report / Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Historic Preservation Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources

SFY 2009 Annual Report
July 1, 2008- June 30, 2009
Our Mission
To promote the preservation and use of historic places for a better Georgia.
The Waynesboro Historic District, located in Burke County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 2009, marking a milestone for Georgia as the state's 2,000th listing. A public celebration, sponsored by the City of Waynesboro and the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, was held on May 13, 2009, on the steps of the Burke County Courthouse.

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Our Mission Table of Contents Program Accomplishments A Message From the Director Georgia Centennial Farms Preservation Achievement Awards Historic Preservation Planning National Register of Historic Places Georgia Heritage Grants Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants Certified Local Governments Historic Preservation Fund Grants Preservation Tax Incentives Historic Resources Survey African American Programs - GAAHPN Environmental Review State Stewardship Awards Archaeology Protection & Education Staff Directory

Designer: Meg Goodson Samuels Contributors: Historic Preservation Division staff Editor: Helen Talley-McRae
Photo credits: all photos are by HPD photographer Jim Lockhart, except: page 4, DNR staff; page 5, David Crass (top left and top right); page 6, Steven Moffson (bottom); page 12, courtesy Friends of the Tybee Theater (top), Carole Moore (bottom); page 13, Carole Moore (left), courtesy Georgia Department of Economic Development (right); page 14, courtesy College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia; page 15, courtesy Cobb County Board of Commissioners (left), courtesy City of Decatur (right); page 16, Ced Dolder; page 17, HPD tax incentives project files; page 18, courtesy Bob Ciucevich, Quatrefoil Consulting; page 19, courtesy Cullen Chambers (top); page 20, courtesy Coastal Heritage Society; page 21, DNR staff; page 22, courtesy Dr. Nick Honerkamp of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; page 23, Chris McCabe.
This publication has been financed in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, through the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products or consultants constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior or the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or disability in its federally assisted programs. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility, or if you desire more information, write to: Office for Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, Washington, D.C. 20240.

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Program Accomplishments

Savannah skyline
During SFY 2009:
10 Centennial Farm Awards presented, totaling 350 since 1993 (see page 6)
5 Preservation Achievement Awards presented, totaling 89 since 1997 (see page 7)
39 listings added to the National Register of Historic Places, including 2,761 contributing properties
2,027 total listings, including 71,201 contributing properties, since 1969 (see pages 10-11)
1 Georgia Heritage Grant, funded by historic preservation license plate sales revenue, awarded representing $20,000 (see page 12)
239 total Georgia Heritage Grants awarded, representing $3,122,348 awarded since 1995
12 Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants awarded, representing $16,000 (see page 13)
10 Historic Preservation Fund Grants awarded (FFY2009), representing $75,395 (see page 15)
293 total Historic Preservation Fund Grants awarded, representing $2,537,481 awarded since 1977
Federal and state tax incentive applications represented a total of $29, 120,726 in private investment in completed historic preservation rehabilitaion projects (see page 16)
43,958 properties added to the Historic Resources Survey, totaling over 176,958 since 1988 (see page 18)
2 African American Rosenwald Schools located, totaling 46 since 2001 (see page 19)
3,036 Environmental Review and Compliance projects reviewed, totaling 45,710 since 1990 (see page 20)
5 State Stewardship Awards presented, totaling 31 since 2002 (see page 21)

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A Message From the Director

Historic Preservation Division Update

The Georgia Historic Preservation Division is at a crossroads in our agency's history, and the decisions that we make over the next several months will be critical to the direction we pursue in the future. As HPD's new division director, I want to take this opportunity to share a few thoughts with you about my own background, and give you my perspective on where HPD will move in the months ahead.

Division Director Dr. Dave Crass 404/651-5061 david.crass@dnr.state.ga.us

Most of my professional life has been spent as an archaeologist, which means I try to interpret the stories of our past through fragmentary evidence in the ground. My career has centered on articulating archaeology with our sister disciplines in social history, historic preservation, and environmental sciences, and this broad disciplinary perspective will be reflected in my leadership of the Historic Preservation Division.

In certain respects the nature of the challenges that historic preservation faces have evolved significantly over the last 30 years. While historic preservation in Georgia in the next 30 years will certainly have its roots in the pioneering work of Mary Jewett, Marguerite Williams, Dr. Lew Larson, and many others, we must not be afraid to think innovatively to meet new challenges in a way that is both true to historic preservation's roots and congruent with today's economic and social realities.

At HPD we're addressing the same budget challenges all public agencies face. We've absorbed cuts of over 25% over the last year or so, and lost six staff positions in the last six months. Thus, we are transforming the way we do historic preservation. We have spent the last several months identifying and refocusing on our core competencies. We are also working to streamline some of our business processes and make them more transparent.

Most importantly, we are strengthening the relationships that HPD has with our partners across the state, with other state and federal agencies, and with affiliated local organizations. Doing so means

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devoting more resources, including time, to effectively manage these relationships and identifying the synergies that potentially exist between organizational lines.
Despite our current challenges, we have some significant strengths the greatest of which is our staff. Our employees are highly-trained and highly-motivated. Commissioner Clark and the DNR Board strongly support our mission and welcome engagement on issues the historic preservation community cares about. These are just two of the reasons I am optimistic that despite the current economic climate and budget constraints, HPD will become an even stronger contributor to historic preservation in Georgia over the long term than we have been in the past. I look forward to sharing our progress with you as HPD moves forward.

Archaeologists (right) worked alongside historic preservationists to investigate the North End slave tabbies (above) on Ossabaw Island.
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2009 Historic Preservation Division staff retreat at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center.
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Georgia Centennial Farms

In SFY 2009, a Centennial Farm Award was presented to:
McDuffie: Alexandria Establishment

The Georgia Centennial Farm program honors farms that have been continuously operating for more than 100 years with three types of awards.
The Centennial Heritage Farm Award honors farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Centennial Farm Award does not require continual family ownership, but farms must be at least 100 years old and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Centennial Family Farm Award recognizes farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more that are not listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The program is administered by the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) and sponsored by HPD, the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Georgia Forestry Commission, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia National Fair and Agricenter.

Centennial Family Farm Awards were presented to:
Columbia and McDuffie: J.C. Dunn Properties at Cobbham Gordon: Fork Ferry Farm Grady: Baypole Farm Irwin: Jake and Olive Whitley Farm Jackson: Hays and McDonald Farm Pierce: Bobby F. Hyers Farm Pike: The Farm Sumter: The Lane Farm Wilcox: Cannon Farms
Fork Ferry Farm (above) is located at the confluence of the Coosawattee and Conasauga rivers. Frank Bearden purchased the original farm in 1903. He raised livestock, grew crops, and operated a sawmill and ferry. Today, sunflowers and soybeans are grown on 32 acres of the 232-acre farm.
The Alexandria Establishment (above left) was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The two-story brick house was built by Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Carr. During its history, the plantation has produced cotton, corn, wheat, and barley. Today, 145 acres of the 154-acre farm is a registered tree farm and also produces hay and pecans.

Gretchen Brock 404/651-6782 gretchen.brock@dnr.state.ga.us

The SFY 2009 Centennial Family Farm honorees were recognized at a luncheon during the Georgia National Fair in Perry on October 3, 2008.

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Preservation Achievement Awards

In SFY 2009, Preservation Achievement Awards were presented to:
Dennis Blanton, Curator of Native American Archaeology at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta for his integral involvement in bringing one of Georgia's few existing Native American dugout canoes to Fernbank Museum to be conserved and displayed as part of an exhibit intended to educate visitors about our state's past and his three years of archaeological investigations in Telfair County that are helping to rewrite early Spanish history in Georgia.
Catherine Edgemon, Main Street and Economic Development Director for the City of LaFayette for the significant role she played in the rehabilitation of the Chattooga Academy, a LaFayette community landmark, built in 1836.
W. James Green and Lillian Davis of Hubbard Alumni Association, Inc., Forsyth for their efforts to preserve the women's dormitory associated with the former State Teachers and Agricultural College for Negroes that was founded by William M. Hubbard.
Richard Laub, Director of Georgia State University's graduate program in Heritage Preservation, Atlanta for preparing students to become professionals in the field of historic preservation through practical, hands-on experience that meets professional standards and also serves as a useful vehicle to further preservation efforts within communities.
Graduate students in Georgia State University's Heritage Preservation program, Case Studies in Historic Preservation class (HIST 8700), Spring 2008: Emilie Arnold, Neil Bowen, Renee Brown-Bryant, Stephanie Cherry, Parinya Chukaew, Erica Danylchak, Emily Eigel, Hilary Morrish, Melina Vasquez, and Lillie Ward, Atlanta for compiling the supporting documentation for the National Register nomination of the Collier Heights Historic District, Atlanta's and Georgia's largest and most significant mid-20th-century African American suburb.

The Historic Preservation Division (HPD) presents its annual Preservation Achievement Awards during Historic Preservation and Archaeology Awareness Month each May.
The honorees are recognized for their contributions while working in conjunction with HPD and its programs. These individuals or organizations are nominated by division staff members and are recognized as having helped further HPD's mission, vision and goals thereby making a significant contribution to historic preservation in Georgia.

The 13th annual Preservation Achievement Awards were presented on May 5, 2009 in Atlanta. Left to right: former HPD director, Ray Luce; Melina Vasquez; Lillian Davis; Dennis Blanton; Erica Danylchak; Richard Laub; Emily Eigel; Hilary Morrish; and Catherine Edgemon.

Helen Talley-McRae 404/651-5268
helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us

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Historic Preservation Planning

Case Study: Waynesboro, Burke County

The Historic Preservation Planning program is committed to ensuring that Georgia's historic resources are promoted and included in planning activities throughout the state.
HPD's preservation planning activities include: assisting Regional Commissions (RCs) and federal, state and local governments with implementation of planning legislation; identifying trends that affect historic resources and developing initiatives in response and coordinating with other agencies and organizations that effect historic resources.
Georgia has twelve RCs that provide comprehensive assistance to local governments, individuals, and organizations. Eleven RCs employ historic preservation planners who provide preservation planning services in coordination with HPD on either a full or part-time basis. Currently, the DNR provides matching funds to the RCs and HPD administers the program. Participating RCs are required to have citizen advisory committees.
Preservation Planner and Certified Local Government
Coordinator, Leigh Burns 404-651-5181
leigh.burns@dnr.state.ga.us

In May 2009 the City of Waynesboro was designated as a National Register historic district. As Georgia's 2,000th listing in the National Register of Historic Places, this designation was particularly significant. Waynesboro is located in southeast Georgia, relatively close to Augusta and is part of the Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission. Waynesboro is a Main Street community, has a local historic preservation commission, and boasts a community where historic preservation is part of everyday life.
With the assistance of Anne Floyd, Historic Preservation Planner at the Central Savannah River Regional Commission; Andrea Stein, Waynesboro Main Street Director; and the many preservationists throughout the city and county, Waynesboro continues to move forward with preservation projects. These projects have had a positive impact throughout the commercial and residential downtown area as well as in the greater Burke County area. Many preservation groups, the Waynesboro and Burke County local governments, as well as other supportive non-profit organizations, continue to stand out for promoting the preservation of significant local historic properties. The care and concern of Waynesboro citizens has made our programs here at HPD come alive locally.
The following photographs and captions serve as an introduction to a few of Waynesboro's historic resources included in the recently designated National Register district.
The railroad bridge at East 9th Street is made of concrete and has a distinct early 1920's design motif at the faade entrances. It is a wonderful example of the Art Deco style of architecture.

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The Waynesboro Commercial Area contains many landmark buildings such as the Burke County Courthouse (pictured), the U.S. Post Office, Historic Burke County Jail, numerous historic commercial buildings and historic hotels. With the presence of a strong Main Street program and an active historic preservation commission, the commercial area itself has enjoyed overall preservation success.

The Waynesboro Coca-Cola Bottling Plant and Offices are located close to the commercial district of downtown Waynesboro. Constructed in 1930, the building also has a 1955 addition. The simplistic streamlined faade bears the scripted trademark logo between the two-bottle design.
Most of Waynesboro's residential district was developed in the early 20th century and only a few houses pre-date the Civil War. House types and styles include the Georgian Cottage, Queen Anne Cottage, Italianate, Folk Victorian and fine Craftsman Bungalows (above), American Small Houses and Ranch Houses.

The Lone Star Benevolent Society Hall is an African American historic resource situated just outside the Waynesboro commercial district. The building, constructed circa 1898, has a distinct hip-roofed bell tower and is the future home of the Burke County Rural and Folk Life Center.

The Waynesboro Fire Department was constructed in the 1920s as an automobile showroom. The streamlined Moderne brick building still retains its display windows and curved corners with glass block. A rear addition was completed in the 1960s.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is our country's official list of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts worthy of preservation. In addition to recognizing their historical, architectural, or archaeological significance, the National Register helps preserve historic properties through benefits and incentives.
The Historic Preservation Division nominates eligible properties to the National Register. Property owners, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and others interested in preserving their historic properties are invited to propose nominations.
National Register Coordinator Gretchen Brock 404/651-6782
gretchen.brock@dnr.state.ga.us

In SFY 2009, there were 39 Georgia listings representing 2,761 contributing properties:
Bibb: Joseph and Mary Jane League House, Macon Brooks: Harris-Ramsey-Norris House, Quitman Bulloch: Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery,
Metter vicinity Burke: Waynesboro Historic District, Waynesboro Chatham: Dutton-Waller Raised Tybee Cottage, Tybee Island
Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic District, Savannah Morgan-Ille Cottage, Tybee Island Cobb: Solomon and Penelopy Pace House, Vinings Cook: United States Post Office-Adel, Georgia, Adel Dawson: Boyd and Sallie Gilleland House, Dawsonville DeKalb: Bond Family House, Lithonia vicinity Douglas: Basket Creek Cemetery, Douglasville vicinity Pine Mountain Gold Mine, Villa Rica vicinity Fulton: Collier Heights Historic District, Atlanta General Electric Company Repair Shop and Warehouse, Atlanta New Hope African Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Atlanta Rutherford and Martha Ellis House, Atlanta Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta Grady: Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School, Whigham Habersham: Demorest Women's Club, Demorest Lawton Place, Mount Airy Harris: William and Ann Copeland, Jr., House, Shiloh vicinity Bethlehem Baptist Church Colored School, Pine Mountain vicinity Henry: Lawrenceville Street Historic District, McDonough James and Bertha Hooten House, McDonough Jefferson: Bartow Historic District, Bartow Marion: Pasaquan, Buena Vista vicinity Newton: Brick Store, Covington vicinity Polk: Rockmart Downtown Historic District, Rockmart Richmond: Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home (National Historic Landmark Designation), Augusta Rockdale: Aaron and Margaret Parker, Jr., House, Stockbridge vicinity Taylor: Mauk School, Mauk Thomas: Dewey City Historic District, Thomasville Troup: Kidd-Robertson House, LaGrange vicinity R.M. Jones General Store, LaGrange vicinity Screven: Harris-Murrow-Trowell House, Oliver Walker: Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens, Chickamauga Ware: Lott Cemetery, Waycross

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The Joseph and Mary Jane League House in Macon is Georgia's first individually listed Ranch House. Built in 1950 and designed by Georgia architect Jean League Newton, the house set a precedent in Macon and the state for its design, appearing in several national architecture magazines in the early 1950s.
Collier Heights Historic District, located on Atlanta's west side, is significant as the nation's preeminent mid-20th-century African American residential suburban development. The district is exceptional for its collection of nearly 2,000 houses in 55 small, interrelated subdivisions developed primarily between 1941 and 1979. Nationally, Collier Heights is unique in terms of its size, diversity of residents, and the principal role played by African Americans in its development.
The United States Post Office-Adel, Georgia was built in 1939 to 1940 and is an excellent example of a Public Works Administration-plan post office in Georgia. Between 1932 and 1942, 65 post offices were built in Georgia under the New Deal-era program. The Adel post office has remained basically unchanged since its completion and retains its historic exterior and interior design and finishes.

The 110 known burial plots in Basket Creek Cemetery near Douglasville represent a rare, surviving example of grave mounding in Georgia. Grave mounding is a type of funerary ritual that was introduced in Georgia by slaves from West Africa during the late 18th century. The practice had largely disappeared statewide by the mid-20th century. The cemetery began in 1886 and is still used and maintained by the members of Basket Creek Baptist Church.

The Waynesboro Historic District in Burke County nomination marked Georgia's 2,000th listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The district is significant for encompassing an entire intact historic city with its historic commercial, residential, community landmark, agricultural, and industrial buildings. Waynesboro is an excellent example of Georgians retaining and reusing their historic buildings into the 21st century.

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Georgia Heritage Grants

A historic preservation license plate was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly in 2005. $22 from the sale of each $25 plate goes directly into the Georgia Heritage Grant program.
The Historic Preservation Division administers the Georgia Heritage Grant Program which offers matching grants on a statewide competitive basis to local governments and nonprofit organizations for the preservation of historic resources listed in the National and Georgia Registers of Historic Places.
Development projects include stabilization and rehabilitation activities, and predevelopment projects include the production of plans, construction documents and specifications.
Since 1995, matching grants totaling over $3 million have supported 239 rehabilitation projects.
Grants Coordinator Carole Moore
404-463-8434 carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us

Case Study: Tybee Theater receives first grant from license plate sales
With the severe budget situation facing state government, funding for the Georgia Heritage Grant program was eliminated for SFY 2009. Fortunately, this was the first year money raised through the sale of preservation license plates was available. Proceeds from those plate sales were used to award one Georgia Heritage Grant to the Friends of the Tybee Theater in December 2008. The Tybee Theater project competed against 37 applications, totaling almost $800,000 in grant requests.
The $20,000 matching grant is being used for window and door repairs to the historic Tybee Theater on Tybee Island in Chatham County, outside of Savannah. Constructed in 1930 by the U.S. Army, the Tybee Theater was part of Fort Screven. After the fort was decommissioned in 1945, the theater served as the "beach theater" for the community until 1970, after which it was abandoned. The Friends of the Tybee Theater purchased the property in 2005 with plans to rehabilitate the building into a multi-purpose cultural center for the island.
Tag sales helped fund door and window repairs for the historic Tybee Theater.
HPD's Grants Coordinator Carole Moore (far right) and Architectural Reviewer Bill Hover (far left) visit the Tybee Theater and meet with Cullen Chambers (left center), Executive Director, Tybee Island Historical Society and Pamela Lappin (right center), President, Friends of the Tybee Theater.

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Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants

In SFY 2009, 12 Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants representing $16,000 were awarded.
Round I grants were awarded to: Clay County Cemeteries - $1,000 - Fort Gaines Historical Society, Inc. for survey
and conditions assessment report Fitzgerald City Cemetery - $1,600 - City of Fitzgerald to survey and research
their earliest African American cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery - $950 - Hillcrest Cemetery Memorial Association to support
advertising costs for its cemetery heritage festival Newton County Cemeteries - $1,450 - Newton County Board of Commissioners
to produce a walking/driving tour booklet Riverside Cemetery - $1,500 - Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy to
research and develop a heritage education curriculum West Hill Cemetery - $1,500 - City of Dalton for a walking/driving tour
Round II grants were awarded to: Burgess Cemetery - $600 - Lavonia 21st Century, Inc., Franklin County, to
produce a walking/driving tour brochure Clay Cemetery - $2,000 - Kirkwood Neighbors Association in Atlanta, DeKalb
County, for a condition assessment/cemetery plan Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association - $2,000 - support for GMCA's statewide
conference on disaster preparedness for historic cemeteries Magnolia Cemetery - $1,150 - Historic Augusta, Inc. for its annual "Walk with
the Spirits" interpretative tour program Marietta City Cemeteries - $1,250 - Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society for its
special "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" cemetery interpretative tour Memory Hill Cemetery - $1,000 to the Friends of Baldwin County Cemeteries,
Inc. for a walking tour brochure of this cemetery
The GMCA Statewide Conference held in Rome featured historic Myrtle
Hill Cemetery (right).
Teacher curriculum Pathways to History encourages classroom
and on site learning at Macon's historic Riverside Cemetery (below).

HPD partnered with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) to offer a special, one-time grant program (Rounds 1 and 2) for historic cemeteries. The purpose of the grant program was to assist local communities in promoting their historic cemeteries through heritage tourism.
Eligible projects include research and documentation; interpretation and public information; advertising and marketing; or workshops and training. "Bricks and mortar" projects are not eligible for this program. The reimbursable grant funds are 50% state/ 50% local match and are awarded on a competitive basis. These grants are funded by GDEcD and administered by HPD.

Grants Coordinator Carole Moore
404-463-8434 carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us

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Certified Local Governments

The Certified Local Government (CLG) program assists local governments with integrating historic preservation concerns into local planning decisions. Technical assistance is provided to all CLGs including: design assistance for communities and historic property owners, networking opportunities through an electronic listserv and trainings and workshops for preservation commissioners and anyone else interested in learning how to protect their community's historic resources.
This program is administered by the HPD in conjunction with the National Park Service. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/hps/clg

Case Study: Cordele's Historic African American Gillespie-Selden Neighborhood
The City of Cordele became a Certified Local Government in 1995, shortly after passing a historic preservation ordinance. During spring 2009, students and faculty from the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia conducted a community design charrette in the historic Gillespie-Selden Neighborhood in conjunction with Southwest Georgia United and the Middle Flint Regional Development Center. A charrette is a rapid, intensive and creative work session in which a design team focuses on a particular design problem and arrives at a collaborative solution.
The charrette focused on the neighborhood surrounding the original Gillespie-Selden Institute, which has a remarkable history as an educational facility and a true center of the community. Founded in 1902, the school educated underprivileged African American boys and girls from across the country, teaching life and work skills including a nursing school and hospital for African Americans. Although the school closed in 1956, its legacy lives on through the over 2,000 graduates of Gillespie-Selden and its dedicated alumni.

The charrette team's primary focus was to reestablish the GillespieSelden Institute's presence in the neighborhood by ensuring that its history was recognized and that its campus buildings were rehabilitated for continued community service. The team's vision included a Master Plan (pictured) for a safe and cohesive campus, with historic buildings reused in ways that benefit the surrounding residents by offering needed services, recreation and fellowship.

Preservation Planner and Certified Local Government
Coordinator, Leigh Burns 404-651-5181
leigh.burns@dnr.state.ga.us

The effort to revive the legacy of the Gillespie-Selden Institute and enhance the surrounding neighborhood is an ongoing effort. Incorporating a preservation project of this scale into local planning efforts is indicative of what it means to be a Certified Local Government.
Former Certified Local Government Coordinator, Jennifer Martin Lewis, contributed this case study

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Historic Preservation Fund Grants

In FFY 2009, 10 Historic Preservation Fund Grants representing $75,395 were awarded and will be completed by September 30, 2010
City of Albany: $2,760 for a historic sites walking/driving tour brochure City of Augusta-Richmond County: $8,400 to produce Phase 2 of a historic
resource survey of the Harrisburg-West End Historic District. City of Dahlonega: $6,600 to conduct a historic resource survey and produce
a local historic district designation for the Park Street neighborhood City of Decatur: $6,000 to produce a National Register nomination for the
downtown area City of Gainesville: $18,900 to conduct Phase 4 of the citywide historic
resources survey City of Hawkinsville: $6,000 to produce design guidelines for the city's
commercial district City of Hinesville: $3,000 to conduct a survey of the city's historic resources City of Montezuma: $6,400 to produce a historic sites walking/driving tour brochure City of Valdosta: $3,000 to produce an interactive Web site for Sunset Hill
Cemetery City of Vienna: $14,335 to produce construction/rehabilitation drawings for the
historic Dooly County Courthouse

The Historic Preservation Division receives annual funding from the National Park Service (NPS) to carry out a statewide historic preservation program in participation with state agencies and local governments, organizations, and the citizens of Georgia. Ten percent of the NPS funding is allotted for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Grants that are awarded annually to Certified Local Governments on a competitive basis.

Among the 12 grants awarded funding for FFY2008 were three workshops targeted specifically toward historic
property owners. HPD staff participated in all three workshops. The City of Decatur hosted the Decatur Old House
Fair last fall (above).

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners hosted two complementary workshops: the Cobb County Historic Property Workshop at Kennesaw State University in the spring, followed by a Hands-On Restoration Training Workshop in Acworth this fall. HPD Tax Incentives Coordinator Ced Dolder (above) gives her presentation at Kennesaw State University.

Eligible activities include: historic resource surveys preservation planning
activities & studies National Register
nominations educational activities
& publications archaeological surveys
and testing predevelopment plans
& specifications
Grants Coordinator Carole Moore
404-463-8434 carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us

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Preservation Tax Incentives

The Historic Preservation Division administers tax incentive programs that encourage the adaptive use of neglected buildings, as well as stimulate economic growth and revitalization of historic neighborhoods and commercial areas.
The federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit provides owners of incomeproducing historic structures the opportunity to apply for a tax credit equal to 20% of the rehabilitation cost.
The Georgia Preferential Property Tax Assessment Program for Rehabilitated Historic Property offers owners of both income-producing and residential historic properties the benefit of applying for an eight-year property tax assessment freeze.
The Georgia State Income Tax Credit Program for Rehabilitated Historic Property allows owners who complete a certified rehabilitation of a historic structure a state income tax credit equal to 25% of the qualified rehab cost to a maximum of $100,000 for residential projects, and $300,000 for income-producing projects (as of 01/09).
Tax Incentives Coordinator Ced Dolder
404-651-5566 ced.dolder@dnr.state.ga.us

SFY 2009 tax facts and figures:
According to the National Park Service, Georgia ranked 12th in the nation for the number of approved completed rehabilitation projects eligible for the Federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit. These projects accounted for almost $30,000,000 in private investment in federal fiscal year 2008 (Oct. 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008).
21 Federal tax incentive projects were completed and approved. 35 State Preferential Property Tax Assessment Program projects were completed
and approved. 29 State Income Tax Credit Program for Rehabilitated Historic Property projects
were completed and approved. These tax incentive applications represent a total of $29,120,726 in private investment in completed historic preservation rehabilitation projects.
61 preliminary certification applications for proposed projects were received. 17 income-producing projects applied for all three programs, and were approved. 13 projects submitted final applications for both state tax incentives programs. 5 projects were denied certification for federal or state tax incentives.
HPD's Bill Hover (at right) consults with a historic homeowner in Thomasville.
Architectural Technical Assistance provides consultation to property owners, governments, agencies, and organizations regarding the appropriate treatment of historic buildings and structures under their control. Historic Preservation Division Technical Services Unit staff often make site visits to historic properties and buildings as part of this process.
During a site visit, a property is examined to identify historic characteristics and undergoes a visual condition assessment. Recommendations on appropriate methods for maintaining and repairing the properties are offered. Suggestions for long-term preservation planning may be encouraged. This guidance is based on the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
For more information, please contact HPD's Architectural Reviewer Bill Hover at 404-651-5288 or william.hover@dnr.state.ga.us

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Case Study: Savannah Duplex

This beautiful Second Empire structure in downtown Savannah was built in 1869 as a duplex for two wealthy cotton merchants. The duplex shared features such as matching bay windows and a steep Mansard roof with dormers. The exterior was ornately decorated with plaster swag and bow detail, and the windows were bracketed. As still evident on its sister half, this 19th century house was once covered in a scored stucco finish. With the information provided through historic photographs, the exposed brick faade was re-covered and scored with stucco in this 2008 rehabilitation. The owners invested almost $2,500,000 in this project and applied for the federal rehabilitation investment tax credit, as well as the two state programs: the income tax credit and the preferential property tax assessment for rehabilitated historic property.

This historic photograph (above), circa 1902, shows the duplex with stucco on the entire front faade.
Before rehabilitation (right), 2006, showing pitted, damaged brick front facade.
After rehabilitation (below right)
in 2008.

By 2007, this mansion (at left) had been broken up into four student apartments. Since the rehabilitation (below), it has become short-term luxury rentals.

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Historic Resources Survey

Identifying historic properties through surveys is an essential first step in a community's preservation efforts and facilitates wise decisions about preserving individual buildings and neighborhoods. HPD's historic resources survey program coordinates the funding of local surveys through federal grants and state contracts with community sponsors.
The historic resources survey program, FindIt, is a successful partnership between HPD, the Georgia Transmission Corporation, and the University of Georgia's School of Environmental Design. The program trains UGA historic preservation graduate students to conduct fieldwork throughout the state and enter the survey data into the NAHRGIS (Natural Archeological Historic Resource GIS) database.

In SFY 2009, historic resources surveys were completed for:
Banks County (unincorporated) Carroll County (unincorporated) Dixville and Habersham Park, Brunswick, Glynn County Windsor Park, Brunswick, Glynn County Elbert County (unincorporated) Hart County (unincorporated) Madison County (unincorporated) Marion County (unincorporated) Peach County (unincorporated) Randolph County (unincorporated) Schley County (unincorporated) Webster County (unincorporated)
Case Study: Peach County
Peach County is located southwest of Macon along the busy I-75 corridor. To help plan for the preservation of the county's historic properties, the Peach County Historical Society and the Peach County Board of Commissioners teamed up with HPD to survey the unincorporated areas of the county. 343 historic properties were identified; 25% date from the "New South" era of the late19th and early 20th centuries the hey-day of peach production in the county while a full 40% date from the mid-20th century development brought about by the Blue Bird Bus Company in Fort Valley, Fort Valley State University, and Robins Air Force Base in adjacent Houston County. Well represented in the survey are American Small Houses (17%) and Ranch Houses (21%, see below) along with many Craftsman-style Bungalows and lesser numbers of late 19th-century farmhouses. Also identified were a variety of agricultural outbuildings and a number of historic peachpacking sheds (above) .

Survey & Register Specialist Lynn Speno
404/651-5911 lynn.speno@dnr.state.ga.us

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African American Programs - GAAHPN

Nancy Tinker, Jeanne Cyriaque, Joe McGill and Cindy Jones at the press conference announcing Dorchester Academy's listing in the National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places. It was the sole Georgia project to receive this designation.
Preserving African American Schools
African American programs and National Register unit staff made a presentation on Rosenwald Schools in Georgia, 19121937 to the Georgia National Register Review Board in January 2009. The multiple property nomination of Georgia's Rosenwald Schools to the National Register of Historic Places is the result of the African American programs' survey of existing schools, development of the historic context "African American Education and Rosenwald Schools in Georgia," and preservation of these buildings by members of GAAHPN.
Dorchester Academy, a National Historic Landmark located in Midway, was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list in 2009. Dorchester Academy was the site for Citizenship Schools during the Civil Rights Movement, where over 1,000 grassroots leaders were trained to register voters. Jeanne Cyriaque, HPD's African American programs coordinator, represents Georgia on the National Trust's Board of Advisors. She is an advocate for the preservation of the boys' dormitory at Dorchester Academy.

The goals of the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network (GAAHPN) are to increase awareness of African American heritage and to encourage the preservation of historic resources associated with black history.
The Historic Preservation Division African American programs coordinator provides staff support for GAAHPN's volunteer Steering Committee, produces the quarterly newsletter Reflections, and provides technical assistance to persons interested in preserving African American historic resources.

Built in 1926, the Vienna High and Industrial School is one of Georgia's County Training Schools built with the philanthropy of the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The Dooly County Board of Education is sponsoring its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

African American Programs Coordinator
Jeanne Cyriaque 404/656-4768
jeanne.cyriaque@dnr.state.ga.us

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Environmental Review

The environmental review program provides the planning framework for federal and state agencies to take into account the effects of their projects and actions on historic properties and archaeological sites.
The Historic Preservation Division assists federal and state agencies and local governments in complying with Section 106 and Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Georgia Environmental Policy Act and the State Agency Historic Property Stewardship Program.

Case Study: Rehabilitation of Coach & Paint Shops, Roundhouse Railroad Museum, Chatham County
The Coach & Paint Shops at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum in Savannah are contributing properties to the Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities National Historic Landmark District. The district includes railroad-related buildings and structures that date from the 1850s to the 1920s. The 1925 Coach & Paint Shops is a large industrial structure made of brick, reinforced concrete and steel. The building was used for general maintenance and overhaul of rolling stock, mainly passenger cars. Separated by a shared brick firewall, both sections include large steel sash windows along three sides and large wooden track doors on the fourth side to allow entrance of the rolling stock. The building, acquired by the City of Savannah in 2003, had been vacant for over 40 years and had suffered deterioration as a result.
Plans for the building include rehabilitation by the Coastal Heritage Society (CHS), acting as an agent for the city, for adaptive use as museum space. CHS acquired funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for revitalization and repair of the building. This federal funding triggered compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, so the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) reviewed the proposed work for adherence to the recommended approaches in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties.

Proposed work included roofing construction, historic steel sash window repair and window and skylight repairs. The building's 72 steel sash windows are a significant characteristic of the building. The new roofing included use of tongue and groove pine decking milled to match that originally used. HPD worked with CHS to ensure that the building retains its historic integrity and continues to convey its significance as an early 1900s industrial railroad structure while providing much needed museum space for CHS.

Environmental Review Coordinator
Elizabeth Shirk 404/651-6624 elizabeth.shirk@dnr.state.ga.us

Preservation and rehabilitation occurring at the Central of Georgia complex is a constant and ongoing series of projects, which have been and will continue
to be funded from a variety of sources, including grants and funding from local, state and federal sources. Even if formal review and comment is not required, HPD continues to work with CHS in this larger context of the preservation stewardship of the property.

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State Stewardship Awards

The 6th annual Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation Stewardship on March 25, 2009 in Atlanta.
This year's Governor's Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation recipient is Linda Daniels, Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Office of Real Estate and Facilities, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Ms. Daniels was honored for her outstanding commitment to historic preservation planning and genuine consideration of the preservation assets that are part of the University System of Georgia.
Four Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation Stewardship were awarded to: Angie Johnson, former site manager, Dahlonega Gold Museum, Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division, Department of Natural Resources Ms. Johnson was honored for her outstanding leadership and significant achievements preserving and protecting the Historic Dahlonega Courthouse and Gold Museum. Fred Hay, Sapelo Island Manager, Wildlife Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources Mr. Hay was honored for his more than five years' support and encouragement of the Sapelo Island Archaeological Research Consortium, a network of universities that cooperate in the discovery, research, and publication of Sapelo's matchless archaeological sites. Dexter Adams, ASLA, Director, University of Georgia's Grounds Department, & Janine Duncan, Campus Planning Coordinator Mr. Adams was honored for spearheading a long-term protection strategy for the preservation of the historic Old Athens Cemetery (sometimes referred to as the Jackson Street Cemetery), located on the campus of the University of Georgia, Athens' first and oldest public cemetery. Janine Duncan has documented the history of the cemetery, helped survey the grounds, and generally been an advocate for the preservation of the site. Gary Strickland, Director of Facilities, College of Coastal Georgia, and Plant Operations Volunteers Brian Tankersley, Harold Day, Caesar Grovner, Francisco Mendozo, and Lee Stallings Mr. Strickland and plant operations volunteers were honored for their outstanding efforts laying the groundwork for the 80 plus volunteers who participated in a very successful workday September 2008 to stabilize the Coffin Administration Building at Sapelo Island, and for their close coordination with University of Georgia's Marine Institute, the Board of Regents, the Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Trust, arborists, and consultants to make this workday happen.

As part of the State Agency Historic Property Stewardship Program, the Historic Preservation Division sponsors the State Stewardship Awards.
The honorees are public servants nominated by their colleagues and peers for their significant contributions in furthering the preservation of Georgia's historic properties.
The Governor's Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation is awarded for outstanding leadership or achievement of regional or statewide impact in historic preservation stewardship of state-owned or administered properties.
The Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation Stewardship are awarded for significant leadership or achievement in historic preservation stewardship of state-owned or administered properties or projects.
HPD Contact Karen Anderson-Cordova
404/651-6461 karen.anderson-cordova@dnr.
state.ga.us

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Archaeology Protection & Education

Archaeology provides the only means of learning about 96% of Georgia's history, and our state is blessed with some of the most significant sites in the United States. The Archaeological Services Unit plays an important role in their stewardship through its Archaeology Protection and Education Program.
The statewide Archaeology Protection and Education Program is organized around six themes, including DNR service, Section 106 compliance review, cemetery preservation, sponsored research, underwater archaeology, and education.

Weekend for Wildlife Archaeology: Research, Education, and Fun
Every February the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) of DNR sponsors Weekend for Wildlife, a gala three-day event hosted by the Sea Island Company at The Cloister on Sea Island. Auctions, a black-tie banquet, and field trips for the guests all contribute to funding WRD's Nongame Conservation Section and its efforts to conserve Georgia's native diversity of wild animals and plants and their habitats through education, research and management.
Historic Preservation Division's Archaeological Services Unit supports our partners in WRD by contributing an archaeology field trip for the guests. Over the years, Weekend for Wildlife guests have participated in excavations on Ossabaw Island and various sites on Sapelo Island. What makes the Weekend for Wildlife archaeology field trips unique, however, is the fact that guests are participating in an actual field project. Typically such projects are related to ongoing university research that helps the agency interpret and manage the historic resources that we manage on behalf of Georgia citizens.

The current Weekend for Wildlife project is part of an investigation of the slave cabins associated with Thomas Spalding's South End plantation. Spalding built one of the most diversified, successful plantation operations on the Sea Islands on the backs of enslaved Africans, some of whom lived in wood-framed houses near what is now known as the Reynolds Plantation. Archaeologist Dr. Nick Honerkamp of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga discovered the slave house row in 2008, and is the principal investigator on the project, which has been reported on at professional conferences and will be featured in an upcoming issue of the professional journal, Historical Archaeology.

Review Archaeologist Ryan Kennedy
404/651-6433 ryan.kennedy@dnr.state.ga.us

Thomas Spalding's South End plantation house, rebuilt as the Reynolds Mansion,
has been the scene of several Weekend for Wildlife research trips.

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Colonial Wharfs at Sunbury Discovered

In the decades before the American Revolution, the town of Sunbury rivaled Savannah as a shipping hub. Its ready access to the deep but relatively sheltered waters of the Medway River and St. Catherine's Sound made it a natural place to establish a town. In 1758, Mark Carr conveyed 350 acres to a group of Trustees, who in turn developed 496 lots oriented around three public squares. The town thrived through the 1760s and 1770s, and served as the county seat. When war broke out in 1776/77, an earthen fort named Fort Morris was built just outside the town limits.

The fort saw no action until 1778, when a small force of British troops made an initial approach. They were driven off, only to return with a much larger force in January 1779, when they took the fort after a fearsome bombardment. In the years after the war, Sunbury never recovered its former prominence. During the War of 1812 Fort Morris was rebuilt and renamed Fort Defiance, but saw no action. By the late 19th century the town had been largely forgotten, and it became one of several "Dead Towns" from Georgia's colonial past.

English 18th century ceramics (top) recovered from Sunbury's colonial wharfs.

Following on terrestrial archaeological research carried out within the Fort Morris earthworks that was sponsored by DNR, and a later battlefield survey carried out by the Lamar Institute under the auspices of the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program, East Carolina University graduate student Steve Dilk and Deputy State Archaeologist-Underwater Chris McCabe developed a remote sensing and marsh survey of the Medway River adjacent to Sunbury for Dilk's Master's thesis research. Several submerged remote sensing targets (possible shipwrecks) were identified, and will be investigated as the study moves forward. However, the survey yielded surprising early results with the discovery of the remains of a colonial wharf, one of several in the town. Located in public marsh protected under Georgia law, the wharf pilings are in excellent condition and are surrounded by artifacts associated with the citizens of Sunbury and the sailors who called on this important port. DNR archaeologists expect that as the study continues the Medway River will give up more of Sunbury's forgotten past.

A portion of the recovered wharf piling (bottom) from Sunbury.

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Sonny Perdue, Governor

Chris Clark, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources & State Historic Preservation Officer

254 Washington Street SW, Ground Level, Atlanta, Georgia 30334 www.gashpo.org
phone: 404-656-2840, fax: 404-651-8739 staff e-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@dnr.state.ga.us

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE: David Crass
Division Director Deputy SHPO
State Archaeologist 404/651-5061 Vivian Pugh
Executive Secretary 404/651-5177
Mary Ann Eaddy Special Assistant to the Director
404/651-5283
HISTORIC RESOURCES SECTION:
Richard Cloues Section Chief Deputy SHPO 404/651-5983
Environmental Review & Preservation Planning: Karen Anderson-Cordova Program Manager 404/651-6461 Melina Vasquez Program Assistant 404/651-6452 Elizabeth Shirk
Environmental Review Coordinator 404/651-6624
Michelle Volkema Environmental Review Specialist
404/651-6546 Jacqueline Tyson Environmental Review Historian
404/651-6777 Leigh Burns Preservation Planner & Certified Local Government Coordinator 404/651-5181

Amanda Schraner Transportation Projects
Coordinator 404/463-6687 Dean Baker Transportation Enhancements
Reviewer 404/657-1043
National Register & Survey: Gretchen Brock Program Manager 404/651-6782 Lynn Speno Program Specialist 404/651-5911 Steven Moffson
Architectural Historian 404/651-5906 Denise Messick
National Register Historian 404/651-6033
Tax Incentives & Rehabilitation Guidance:
William Hover Program Manager Architectural Reviewer
404/651-5288 Ced Dolder Tax Incentives Coordinator 404/651-5566 Rebekah McElreath Tax Incentives Specialist 404/651-5567 Beth Gibson Preservation Architect 404/651-5568

OPERATIONS & OUTREACH SECTION:
Candy Henderson Section Chief 404/651-5180 Jo Ann Jenkins
Information Specialist 404/651-5176
Lawana Woodson Budget & Administrative
Coordinator 404/651-5185 Carole Moore Grants Coordinator 404/463-8434 Helen Talley-McRae Public Affairs Coordinator 404/651-5268 Jeanne Cyriaque African American Programs Coordinator 404/656-4768 Joy Melton African American Programs
Intern 404/657-1054
ARCHAEOLOGY SECTION: vacant
Section Chief 404/656-9344 Chris McCabe Deputy State Archaeologist, Underwater 10 Ocean Science Circle Savannah, GA 31411 tel. 912/598-3346 fax 912/598-2366 Jennifer Bedell Staff Archaeologist 404/657-1042 Robert Entorf Review Archaeologist 404/651-6775 Ryan Kennedy Review Archaeologist 404/651-6433