Georgia's 77 Churches on the National Register of Historic Places

77 Georgia churches in the Churches List directory stand on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's first church listing from this directory's rolls came July 14, 1971: Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Macon, an 1889 brick Gothic landmark whose twin spires still mark the city's skyline.

Fulton County (Atlanta) holds 15 of the 77 listings, followed by Richmond County (Augusta) with 7 and Muscogee (Columbus) with 6. Savannah's Chatham County holds 3, a smaller number than the city's fame suggests, because several of Savannah's landmark sanctuaries enter the register inside district listings rather than as individual properties, and district-level entries fall outside this directory's building-level matches.

The complete list of Georgia churches on the National Register

The table lists all 77 Georgia congregations in this directory whose buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. Click a column to sort; the county menu filters the list.

When did Georgia churches enter the National Register?

Georgia's listings peaked in the 1980s with 27 entries and have arrived steadily since: 16 in the 1990s, 12 in the 2000s, and 8 more since 2010. The continuing flow reflects Georgia's active African American church documentation programs, which have added rural and small-town congregations to the register decade after decade rather than in one survey wave.

Which Georgia counties hold the most register-listed churches?

Where the register-listed churches stand: the map

How this list was assembled

The list joins the Churches List directory (13,427 Georgia congregations as of June 11, 2026) against the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database by building location and name. 77 matches hold as of the snapshot date; the earliest Georgia church listing dates to 1971. A register listing covers the building, not the congregation, and some listed buildings house congregations younger than the walls. Corrections are applied through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: the Atlanta church guide places Fulton County's 15 register-listed buildings in city context, and South Carolina's 86 register-listed churches continues the story across the Savannah River. The Georgia state page lists all 13,427 Georgia churches.