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Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Four midstate sites on Places in Peril list

Four Middle Georgia historic properties made the Georgia Trust For Historic Preservation’s 10 Places In Peril list released today. The building that was once the home to the Capricorn Records recording studio on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is among the 10, as are the old Dodge County jail in Eastman, the Ritz Theatre in Thomaston and Central State Hospital in Milledgeville. The list is designed to raise awareness across the state for properties deemed to have historic value but which have fallen into disrepair. The trust wants to help communities find ways to preserve and restore them, said Mark C. McDonald, president and CEO of the Georgia Trust. “The purpose of the list is to bring state and even national awareness to the plight of these sites,” he said. “These are priority sites we will be giving enhanced services to in the next year.”

Two other Middle Georgia sites — the downtown fire station in Hawkinsville and the Creek agency reserve archaeological site in Taylor County — just missed making the final cut, McDonald said.

For more on this story, read Thursday’s Telegraph.