Georgia - Oglethorpe County - Historic Districts
Oglethorpe County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Smithonia, Lexington Historic District and Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Historic District, Philomath Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Oglethorpe County places including James Monroe Smith and W.W. King. Prominent architectural styles found in Oglethorpe Country are Greek Revival.

Lexington Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000442)
U.S. 78 , Lexington
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Education, Law, Architecture, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Philomath Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000740)
GA 22 , Philomath
Gwringle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Education, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Military
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Rural
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Post Office, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Smithonia (added 1984 - - #84001213)
Address Restricted , Comer
Shimkets, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,James Monroe
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Historic District (added 1991 - - #91001147)
Also known as Broad River Covered Bridge
Along S. Fork Broad R., Watson Mill State Park , Comer
Diliff, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
King,W.W.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Engineering, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Industrial American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
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