Historic Context Statements

Historic context statements provide important information and resources for preservationists, historians, planners, and the general public about topically related historic resources. Context Reports include sections on a broad history of the topic for a particular time period; a framework for the identification of historic resource types and themes within the historical topic that contextualizes properties within the state’s broader history; and guidance on how to evaluate resources for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. All historic context statements that have been reviewed by the HPD and conform to programmatic requirements have been added to the official collection and can be accessed at the HPD library. Some are available digitally below:

African American Resources

• Historic Black Resources
• African-American Historic Places and Culture: A Preservation Resource Guide

Agriculture

Farms, barns, outbuildings, and agricultural landscapes

• Tilling the Earth 

Apartments

• Modern Apartment Complexes in Georgia, 1936-1954

Cemeteries

• Statewide Cemetery Historic Context

Downtown Development

• Modern Downtown Atlanta Multiple Property Form

Community Planning

• Georgia Community Development and Morphology of Community Types

Housing

• Atlanta Postwar Housing, 1944-1965
• Georgia's Living Places
• The Ranch House in Georgia 
• Single-Family Residential Development in DeKalb County, Georgia, 1945-1970

LGBTQ+ History

• Atlanta LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement

Schools

• Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Georgia, 1868-1971
• Rosenwald Schools in Georgia, 1912-1937

Transportation

• Georgia's Railroads: Historic Context and Statewide Survey (1833-2015)

Women’s History

•  Georgia: A Woman's Place