Is Downtown Augusta an official historic district?
Downtown Augusta is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district by the National Park Service. The National Register recognizes that the period of historic significance in Downtown Augusta extends from 1736, when the nuclear colonial town was laid out, until 1967, when the Georgia Railroad Bank Building (now the Wachovia Building) was constructed. It is also a locally designated historic district by the City of Augusta. This means that alterations, new construction and demolitions must be approved by the Augusta Historic Preservation Commission. The City of Augusta has also been designated a Preserve America community by the United States Department of the Interior and the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
