Old State Capitol, Milledgeville
- Also Known As: Georgia Military College
- Address: Greene St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1805/12/00 | Jett Thomas | Architect | State legislature awards a contract to Jett Thomas and John Scott to build a new capitol building at a cost of $60,000. | |||
1807/09/16 | Governor of Georgia, Jared Irwin, announces that the next General Assembly can meet in the new State House. General Assembly of Georgia met in Milledgeville from 1807 to 1868. | |||||
1825/03/27 | Marquis de Lafayette | Guest of Honor | Lafayette meets Revolutionary War veterans from nearby counties, including the veteran who helped carried him to safety after being wounded at Brandywine. The reunion was followed by a grand fete hosted by the Georgia Governor at the Old Capitol building. | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
1834/00/00 | Joseph Lane Sr | Architect | South wing is built in 1834. East and west porticoes with granite steps are erected in 1835. | |||
1861/01/16 | The Georgia Secession Convention convenes in the State Capitol. | |||||
1861/01/19 | Alfred Holt Colquitt | Signer, representing Baker County | Georgia's Secession Convention votes to seceded from the Union. The "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration and bonfires on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
1861/01/19 | Thomas R R Cobb | Signer, representing Jefferson Clarke County | Georgia's Secession Convention votes to seceded from the Union. The "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration and bonfires on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
1861/01/19 | Herschel Vespasian Johnson | Signer, representing Jefferson County | Georgia's Secession Convention votes to seceded from the Union. The "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration and bonfires on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
1864/11/23 | Union General William T Sherman and 30,000 Union troops take Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia. After ransacking the statehouse, they will leave a few days later. | Sherman's March to the Sea | ||||
1894/01/01 | Fire destroys most of the interior of the Georgia State Capitol. It is restored by 1 July 1894. | |||||
1942/03/00 | Fire destroys the Georgia State Capitol. It is rebuilt between 1942 and 1943. |
Particulars for Old State Capitol, Milledgeville: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Capitol |
Higher Learning | College |
Area of Significance | Education |
Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Disposition | Reconstructed Property |
Owner | State |
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