Atlanta, GA. (December 11, 2025) – Georgia recently added three new listings to the National Register of Historic Places, continuing to highlight the diversity and breadth of Georgia’s historic heritage. 

These nominations include:

  • Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District; Albany, Dougherty County
  • Thomson Commercial Historic District; Thomson, McDuffie County
  • Cross Roads School; Dixie, Brooks County 

Listing nominations is in line with DCA’s Historic Preservation Division’s (HPD) mission to promote the preservation and use of historic places for a better Georgia. 

The division shares this information to encourage more historic property preservation through public awareness and an appreciation of the impact historic resources have on our social and economic lives.

As of December 11, 2025, Georgia has 2,228 listings comprising 90,611 resources in the National Register of Historic Places.

For more information on the newest listings in the National Register of Historic Places, see below:

Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District; Albany, Dougherty County 

The Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District is comprised of contiguous historic resources that demonstrate its prominence as the historic economic center of the region from 1885-1975. Extant buildings and sites reflect Albany’s rise to prominence as Southwest Georgia’s largest city demonstrating how the city provided the day-to-day trade and commercial needs of the region. When the district’s prominence began to wane in the 1960s, city officials solicited and eventually implemented formal plans aimed at retaining the district’s appeal, including the intentional accommodation of automobile parking. Execution of these plans would ultimately change the district and lead to the end of its primarily commercial nature by 1975. 

Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 2025. The nomination was sponsored by the City of Albany, and nomination materials were prepared by Ray, Ellis, & LaBrie, LLC. 

 

Thomson Commercial Historic District; Thomson, McDuffie County (Boundary Change and Additional Documentation)

The Thomson Commercial Historic District is significant to community commerce serving as the historic commercial center for McDuffie County, and adjacent rural counties. The district is also locally significant to community planning and development when dependence on the automobile in the mid-20th century influenced customer shopping habits and impacted the traditional town plan. In 1955, the demolition of the old Knox Hotel on Main Street made way for a planned shopping center. At the same time, plentiful off-street parking, dedicated sidewalks, repurposed former rear entrances of earlier buildings, and an arcade served as a unifying design element linking both existing and new construction. Elsewhere in the district, development accommodated automobile users, including First National Bank (1963), and Bank of Thomson (1966) which offered drive-through banking services and dedicated parking. In 1971, the United States Post Office moved off Main Street into a newer building providing dedicated parking not only for customers but also for mail carriers utilizing motorized vehicles. District architecture is locally significant as well due to its characterization by excellent examples of eclectic architectural styles including Beaux Arts, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival Mission Revival, Art Deco, and Moderne. This nomination updates the original listing from 1989 to represent resources that have since become historically significant and account for changes to the district. 

Thomson Commercial Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 2025. It was sponsored by Forward McDuffie, and nomination materials were prepared by Ethos Preservation, LLC.

 

Cross Roads School; Dixie, Brooks County 

The Cross Roads School is a one-story, frame schoolhouse located in Dixie. The school is listed for significance in the areas of education, Black ethnic heritage, and social history as it represents early-20th-century efforts of Northern philanthropists, educators, and local communities to improve educational opportunities for African Americans across the South. Constructed in 1928, the school adheres to standardized plans for efficient new schools. Its construction was an unprecedented investment in educational facilities for African American children in rural Brooks County. The school is recognized for its architecture which embodies the Two Teacher Community Rosenwald School, a design illustrated in Community School Plans, Pamphlet #3 (1924). Despite its small size and deterioration, the school’s original form, massing, and plan are intact. 

Cross Roads School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 2025. The nomination was sponsored by Cross Road Community Center, Inc., and nomination materials were prepared by Dr. Leroy Hunter, President of Cross Road Community Center, Inc.

 

DCA’s Historic Preservation Division programing includes environmental review, grants, historic resource surveys, tax incentives, the National Register of Historic Places, and community assistance. To learn more about HPD and its mission to promote the preservation and use of historic places for a better Georgia, click here.