Georgia - Walker County
Walker County Georgia has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Gordon-Lee House, Ross, John, House, Cavender's Store and Chattooga Academy dating back to 1825.

Several famous people are associated with these Walker County historic places including Grant, Ulysses S., et.al., John Ross, Z.Cartter Patten and Gorden Lee.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Walker County places including National Park Service, James Gordon, H. Alsup, War Department, George Cornish, Warren Henry Manning, John B. Bell, Cleckler Co. Little, Charles E. Bearden and William Hatfield Sears. Prominent architectural styles found in Walker Country are Greek Revival, Classical Revival and Beaux Arts.

Ashland Farm (added 1973 - - #73000646)
SW of Rossville off GA 193 , Rossville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Downing,W.T.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Cavender's Store (added 1992 - - #92000143)
Also known as Edwards' Store;The Brick
Jct. of GA 201 and GA 136, SW corner , Villanow
Ckillian93, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store
More Information:
Chattooga Academy (added 1980 - - #80001253)
Also known as Gordon, John B., Hall
306 N. Main St. , LaFayette
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens (added 2009 - - #09000188)
GA 341 , Chickamauga
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
Chickamauga Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000700)
Roughly centered on Cove Rd. and bounded by Crescent, Pearl, & 6th Sts. and the Central of Georgia RR , Chickamauga
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Historic Person:
Lee, Gorden
Area of Significance:
Military, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Organizational, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
Chickamauga Lodge No. 221, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliate (added 2006 - - #06000736)
Also known as Chickamauga Masonic Lodge No. 221
1378 GA 341 S , Chickamauga
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (added 1966 - - #66000274)
S of Chattanooga on U.S. 27 , Wildwood
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
War Department, National Park Service
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Grant, Ulysses S., et.al.
Significant Year:
1866, 1890, 1863
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Military, Art, Conservation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
More Information:
Gordon-Lee House (added 1976 - - #76000654)
Also known as Gordon-Lee-Green House
217 Cove Rd. , Chickamauga
Tomaso119, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Alsup,H., Gordon,James
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Lane House (added 1976 - - #76000655)
Address Restricted , Kensington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility
Lee and Gordon Mill (added 1980 - - #80001252)
Red Belt Rd. , Chickamauga
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry, Architecture, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
Nineteenth Century Rural
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club (added 1990 - - #90000991)
1201 Fleetwood Dr. , Lookout Mountain
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sears,William Hatfield, Manning,Warren Henry
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Marsh--Warthen House (added 2005 - - #04001467)
N. Main St. , Lafayette
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Marsh, Spencer
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
McLemore Cove Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001140)
Also known as See Also:Richard Lane House;Miller Brothers Farm
3 mi. S of Chickamauga, in an area roughly bounded by Lookout and Pigeon Mtns., and GA 136 , Kensington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cornish, George, Bell, John B.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Military, Religion, Transportation, Prehistoric, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Post Office, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Miller Brothers Farm (added 1987 - - #87001332)
Also known as Kensington;Big House
GA 912 , Kensington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Whittice & Pressley
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Morgan Brick House (added 1976 - - #76002326)
W of Kensington , Kensington
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Owner:
Private
Rock City Gardens (added 2014 - - #14000619)
1400 Patton Rd., Lookout Mountain
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Ross, John, House (added 1973 - - #73000647)
Lake Ave. and Spring St. , Rossville
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Ross,John
Significant Year:
1838, 1830
Area of Significance:
Native American, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
US Post Office--Rossville Main (added 1986 - - #86002272)
Also known as Rossville Post Office;Main Post Office
301 Chickamauga Ave. , Rossville
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Guess,L.C., Miller,James C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
Walker County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80001254)
Duke St. , LaFayette
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Little,Cleckler Co., Bearden,Charles E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Beaux Arts
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:
Unknown
More Information:
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