Historic Preservation in Georgia (2026)
12 rules on the books across Georgia, 12 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Historic-Cultural Monuments
How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.
Atlanta
Significant RestrictionsAtlanta protects culturally significant buildings, sites and districts through five formal categories, from Landmark…
Read full rule →Bartow County
Significant RestrictionsThe Etowah Valley Historic District overlay protects historical and cultural artifacts and sacred locations of the…
Read full rule →Chatham County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Chatham County designates historic districts and properties through the County Historic Preservation…
Read full rule →Columbus
Significant RestrictionsColumbus, Georgia's Board of Historic and Architectural Review protects places, districts, sites, buildings, structures…
Read full rule →DeKalb County
Significant RestrictionsDeKalb County can designate a building, structure, site, object or work of art, including monuments, as a protected…
Read full rule →Roswell
Significant RestrictionsRoswell's Historic Preservation Commission designates local historic landmarks and administers Certificate of…
Read full rule →South Fulton
Significant RestrictionsSouth Fulton designates historic properties, cultural landmarks and historic districts only by a city council ordinance…
Read full rule →Augusta-Richmond County
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County makes it a crime to deface, injure or trespass on its named public monuments. Code Sec. 3-7-36…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Some RestrictionsClayton County can designate a building, structure, site, or work of art as a protected "landmark" if it is…
Read full rule →Cobb County
Some RestrictionsCobb County's historic preservation commission can designate landmarks worthy of preservation for architectural…
Read full rule →Macon Bibb County
Some RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County protects the monuments, memorials and historical markers at Rosa Parks Square by ordinance, barring…
Read full rule →Forsyth County
Light RestrictionsForsyth County can't stop an owner from demolishing a documented historic structure, but Unified Development Code…
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