The Waynesboro Historic District in Waynesboro, Georgia

Waynesboro, Georgia

Waynesboro is a city in Burke County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,813 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Burke County...

, is made up of 486 contributing buildings, sites and structures. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 on March 25, 2009. The district is notable for its architecture and the roles it played in community planning and development, commerce, industry, politics/government and black ethnic heritage. It includes the previously separately listed John James Jones House, Waynesboro Commercial Historic District and the Haven Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as the "carpenter Romanesque" Burke County Courthouse

Burke County Courthouse (Georgia)

Burke County Courthouse in Waynesboro, Georgia is a Carpenter Romanesque building from 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-External links:*...

, which was part of the multiple property submission County Courthouses in Georgia. The district was the featured listing in the National Park Service

National Park Service

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's weekly list of April 3, 2009.