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Atkinson Hall is a historic building at
Georgia College Georgia College & State University (Georgia College or GCSU) is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. The university enrolls approximately 7,000 students and is a member of the University System of Georgi ...
in
Milledgeville, Georgia Milledgeville () is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County, Georgia, Baldwin County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Founded in 1803 along the Oconee River, it served as the List of current and former capital cities in the ...
.Atkinson Hall
Georgia College Atkinson Hall was constructed in 1896. It was saved from demolition in 1978 by alumni, community support, faculty, and students. The building was home to the college's J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and is named for William Y. Atkinson and his wife, Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson. Susan Atkinson was involved in advancing women's education after communicating with her journalist friend, Julia Flisch. Atkinson persuaded her husband, a state legislator from
Meriwether County, Georgia Meriwether County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613.US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia The county seat is Greenville, home of the Mer ...
(and future governor), to create legislation establishing Georgia Normal & Industrial College in 1889. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on January 20, 1972.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Baldwin County, Georgia This is a list of properties and districts in Baldwin County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United State ...


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{{reflist Buildings and structures in Baldwin County, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County, Georgia University and college buildings completed in 1896 University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia College & State University 1896 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)