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
Apartments
Cemeteries
Downtown Development
Community Planning
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
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)