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This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
in the
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, including the oldest houses in Georgia and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon
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, architectural studies, and historical records. With the founding of
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in 1733 as a British colony, Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. A select few surviving buildings date to this colonial period before the
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. To be listed here a site must: * date to the year 1799 or prior to; or * be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.)


See also

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List of oldest structures in Atlanta Various buildings can lay claim to the title of oldest structure in Atlanta. The primary reason that Atlanta does not have an abundance of older structures is that the vast majority of pre-civil war buildings were destroyed in Sherman's Ma ...
*
List of the oldest buildings in the United States This article lists the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original Thirteen Colonies when the United States of America was founded in 1776 ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia


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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...