Georgia recently added four new listings to the National Register of Historic Places, continuing to highlight the diversity and breadth of Georgia’s historic heritage.  

These nominations include: 

  • South-View Cemetery; Atlanta, Fulton County 
  • New Ford Baptist Church and Cemetery; Danburg Community (Tignall Vicinity), Wilkes County 
  • F.W. Woolworth Co. Store; Savannah, Chatham County 
  • R.M. Moore Elementary School; Waleska, Cherokee County 

Listing nominations is in line with the Georgia Department of Community Affair’s (DCA) mission to help build strong, vibrant communities.  

DCA’s Historic Preservation 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 October 1, 2026, Georgia has 2,205 listings comprising 91,089 resources in the National Register of Historic Places. 

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

South-View Cemetery; Atlanta, Fulton County 

Chartered in 1886, South-View Cemetery encompasses 101-acres and approximately 80,000 graves. South-View Cemetery’s private stock corporation created what is understood to be, based on oral histories and available documentation, the first privately owned Black cemetery corporation in post-Civil War Georgia. Because its corporate charter was a stock-based arrangement wherein individuals were able to secure a commodity that could then be sold or passed on as inheritance, the corporation and the cemetery itself presented an opportunity for Black Georgians to acquire, accumulate, and transfer wealth. This action secured and solidified an investment opportunity for a group of people who were limited in their options to participate in the state’s broader economy at the time. The cemetery is also significant as it served as a safe and dignified final resting place for a diverse group of influential African Americans in Georgia. 

South-View Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 2026. The nomination was sponsored by the Atlanta Preservation Center, and materials were prepared by Verity Works, Co. 

F.W. Woolworth Co. Store; Savannah, Chatham County 

Built in 1954 the F. W. Woolworth Co. Store is an International Style building occupying the prominent southwest corner of Abercorn and Broughton Streets in the heart of Savannah's downtown commercial district. The F. W. Woolworth Co. Store is significant for its association with the Modern Civil Rights Movement (1954-1964) and the effort to integrate public accommodations in Savannah. A sit-in by four Black college students at the Whites-only dining counter inside Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960, sparked a movement of sit-ins and store boycotts throughout the South, including Woolworth's store at 129 E. Broughton Street, Savannah. Along with several other Broughton Street stores, the Savannah Woolworth's store was a focus of successful economic boycotts and sit-in protests during the Savannah Protest Movement that led to the wholesale desegregation of retail businesses, including the elimination of segregated customer facilities and ending discriminatory employment practices. In fact, Savannah was the first city in Georgia to desegregate all its public and private facilities by October 1, 1963, months ahead of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

F. W. Woolworth Co. Store was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 2026. The nomination was sponsored by Frank Glaser, and nomination materials were prepared by Ward Architecture + Preservation. 

New Ford Baptist Church and Cemetery; Danburg Community (Tignall Vicinity), Wilkes County 

New Ford Baptist Church a one-story, double tower church surrounded by a cemetery on the north, east, and south sides of the property. New Ford Baptist Church and Cemetery is significant for its association with a historic Black congregation. These formerly enslaved congregation members purchased the church from its original white owners. New Ford served as an important center for the area’s Black community who worshipped in and were buried at the property for over 150 years. The church and the cemetery together represent a wide spectrum of Black history and the lifeways of the community in the area.  

New Ford Baptist Church and Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 2026. The nomination was sponsored by, and the materials were prepared by Edward and Kathryn Anderson, 

R.M. Moore Elementary School; Waleska, Cherokee County  

R.M. Moore Elementary School was built in 1948. The brick veneer building is located at 471 Grady Street in Waleska, Georgia, near the heart of the small crossroads community. In 1955 Waleska Elementary School was renamed in honor of local physician and school board president Dr. Russell Malachi (R.M.) Moore. By the end of the 1940s, a new era of school construction was beginning in Georgia, driven in part by the 1949 Minimum Foundation Program for Education. R.M. Moore School was a consolidated school, and the modern facility replaced five ungraded rural schools in the northwest corner of the county. During this period, Georgia transitioned away from underfunded remote schoolhouses to support better-funded buildings, teachers, and separate classrooms for each grade level. R.M. Moore Elementary School is the only school representing this period of modernization, transition, and rural school consolidation in the rural northwest quadrant of Cherokee County.  

R.M. Moore Elementary School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 2026. The nomination was sponsored by REA Ventures Group, and nomination materials were prepared by Ray, Ellis & LaBrie Consulting. 

DCA’s Historic Preservation Division’s programing includes environmental review, grants, historic resource surveys, tax incentives, the National Register of Historic Places, and community assistance. Lean more about the Division on the DCA website.