Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District

Tate, Pickens County, Georgia
Listed
June 9, 2005
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
05000644

About this property

The Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The district is centered on Georgia State Route 53 between Georgia State Route 5 and Long Swamp Creek, in or near Tate, Georgia. The main office of the Georgia Marble Company was built in 1884 in Mission Revival style. It includes the Tate House, which has four 22 feet (6.7 m) columns, and has marble balustrades and fountains designed by Georgia Marble Company designer J. B. Hill. The Tate House was separately listed on the National Register in 1974. The district also includes Late Gothic Revival architecture and Colonial Revival. It also includes the Tate Gymnasium, which was separately listed on the National Register in 2002. Tate Depot (built after 1900), on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad line Tate Methodist Church (1887), on Georgia Highway 53, a Gothic Revival-style church Methodist Episcopal Church South (c.1887), in Smoky Hollow, built to serve African American employees. Later the Miracle Pentecostal Fellowship Church. Later shared by the Marble Valley Friends and the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. The district's 550 acres (2.2 km2) include 106 contributing buildings, 15 contributing structures, and seven other contributing sites.

Location

Tate, Pickens County, Georgia
34.41544, -84.38682

Categories

ARTARCHITECTUREENGINEERINGCOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRY
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Tate Gymnasium
Industrial
0.4 mi
Tate House
Industrial
0.8 mi
Cagle House
Early Republic
3.3 mi
Griffeth-Pendley House
Civil War
3.4 mi
Pickens County Courthouse
Industrial
4.5 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Taliwa 1755
1755Colonial
5.2 mi
Fort Buffington — Cherokee Removal Internment (1838)
1838Indian Wars
11.1 mi
Battle of Etowah — Cherokee Resistance to Removal (1837)
1837Indian Wars
12.8 mi

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When was Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District listed on the National Register?

Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District?

Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District is recorded as the colonial era.

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