19th-Century Plantation House, Bath
Berlin Methodist Church, 1877, McBean
Waynesboro Grocery Company, 1898
Haven Methodist Episcopal Church, 1888, Waynesboro
Burke County freedmen organized Haven Academy in 1868 and after operating the school and church in a more utilitarian structure for 20 years, erected the present church building in 1888. It’s an important example of early formal architecture in the Georgia African-American community.
Despite the positive attention brought to it by a National Register designation in 1996, it remains highly endangered.
National Register of Historic Places

Melrose Hotel, 1905, Waynesboro
Anthony Wayne Hotel, 1925, Waynesboro
Automotive Garage, Waynesboro
Liberty Street Storefronts, Waynesboro
Burke County Courthouse, 1857, Waynesboro
Burke County’s historic antebellum courthouse is actually the fourth to serve the county. A log cabin built in 1773 first served this purpose, followed by a wooden courthouse built in 1777. After it burned in 1825, temporary facilities were used until a third courthouse was built in 1856. It burned soon thereafter and was replaced by this structure in 1857. Expansions in 1899 by architect L. F. Goodrich gave the courthouse its present appearance. To accommodate population growth, an annex (pictured below) was completed by the Public Works Administration in 1940.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Revitalized Historic Storefronts, Waynesboro
Colonial Revival House, Waynesboro
Greek Revival Cottage, Waynesboro
Neoclassical Revival House, Waynesboro
Steadman House, Circa 1917, Waynesboro
Green’s Cut Methodist Church, 1901
Green’s Cut Store
Hopeful Baptist Church, 1855, Burke County
It’s thought that this church was built by David Demarest, the architect of Old Mercer Chapel in Penfield and the Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro. It certainly harkens to his mastery of Greek Revival architecture. The congregation of Hopeful Baptist dates to 1815, when a church was organized on the lands of Alexander Carswell’s plantation. Three smaller less formal churches predate this structure. The pulpit is at the entrance to the church, in contrast to the layout of most houses of worship. A member told me that this was to insure that every congregant would interact with the preacher. A small section at the rear was used as seating for slaves.
National Register of Historic Places
