Georgia - Jenkins County
Jenkins County Georgia has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Birdsville Plantation, Camp Lawton and Jenkins County Courthouse, Carswell Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery and Downtown Millen Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Jenkins County places including Winder,Brig. Gen. John H.,C.S.A., A.J. Franklin, L.F. Goodrich, Scroggs and Ewing and Arnold Construction Co. et al.. Prominent architectural styles found in Jenkins Country are Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Colonial Revival.

Birdsville Plantation (added 1971 - - #71000280)
Also known as See Also:Birdsville Plantation
NW of Millen , Millen
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Camp Lawton (added 1978 - - #78000992)
Also known as Magnolia Springs State Park
Address Restricted , Millen
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Winder,Brig. Gen. John H.,C.S.A.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Carswell Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1996 - - #95001564)
Big Buckhead Rd. off US 25/GA 21 , Perkins
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion, Black
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
More Information:
Downtown Millen Historic District (added 1996 - - #96001340)
Also known as See Also:Jenkins County Courthouse
Along Cotton Ave. roughly bounded by N. Hendrix St., E. Winthrope Ave., N. Masonic St., and the RR line , Millen
Blastoids, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Department Store, Rail-Related, Theater, Water Works
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Museum, Professional, Rail-Related, Theater, Water Works
More Information:
Jenkins County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80001100)
Courthouse Sq. , Millen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Franklin,A.J., Goodrich,L.F.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Economics, Law, Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
Millen High School (added 2002 - - #02000842)
100 Cleveland Ave. , Millen
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scroggs and Ewing, Arnold Construction Co. et al.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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