The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has released its 2025 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state.
The list includes 148 Edgewood Ave., which was constructed as a substation in 1926 by the Georgia Railway and Power Company and played a crucial role in powering Downtown Atlanta.
Acquired by Georgia State University (GSU) in 1966, the university has recently proposed demolishing 148 Edgewood to make way for a parking lot. With a demolition permit signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, GSU continues discussions about the destruction of this contributing building in the already threatened Martin Luther King, Jr. National Register District.
Other sites include: Collier-Toomer House in Savannah (Chatham County); Crossroads Rosenwald School in Dixie (Brooks County); Gaissert Homeplace in Williamson (Spalding County); Miami Valley Peach Packing Barn in Fort Valley (Peach County); Historic Nicholsonboro Baptist Church in Savannah (Chatham County); Powell Opera House in Blakely (Early County); Historic Rock House in Thomson (McDuffie County); Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth (Gwinnett County); and Buckhead Town Hall and Jail in the town of Buckhead (Morgan County).
“This is the Trust’s twentieth annual Places in Peril list,” W. Wright Mitchell, president and CEO of the Trust, said in a statement. “We hope the list will continue to bring preservation solutions to Georgia’s imperiled historic resources by highlighting ten representative sites.”
Places in Peril is designed to raise awareness about Georgia’s significant historic, archaeological, and cultural resources, including buildings, structures, districts, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes that are threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of maintenance, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy.
Find out more about the new list of Places in Peril at this link.
