The Old State Capitol is located in Milledgeville , Georgia . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1970. It is located on Greene Street and is now a museum. Georgia's original state capitol was in Louisville, Georgia . On December 12, 1804, the state legislature voted to designate Milledgeville as the capital of Georgia. In 1805, $ 60,000 was appropriated to build a capitol building; and a planned city with elements of Savannah, Georgia , and Washington D.C. , was proposed, for centrally-located Milledgeville. Jett Thomas and John B. Scott were the general contractors for the construction work.
21-824: Old State Capitol may refer to: Old State Capitol (Milledgeville, Georgia) , listed on the NRHP in Georgia Iowa Old Capitol Building in Iowa City, Iowa Old Capitol (Indiana) in Corydon, Indiana Old Louisiana State Capitol , Baton Rouge, LA, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois,
42-620: A U.S. National Historic Landmark Old State Capitol (Kentucky) in Frankfort, Kentucky, home to the Kentucky Historical Society Old Mississippi State Capitol , Jackson, Mississippi, a U.S. National Historic Landmark also known as Old State Capitol See also [ edit ] Old State House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
63-803: Is located along the Oconee River, is an important city in the region. Because of its location, the northern part of the county tends to be more hilly due to its location in the Piedmont than the southern part of the county, which is in the far northern part of the Atlantic coastal plain . Most of Baldwin County, south of Lake Sinclair , is located in the Lower Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin. The northern portion of
84-621: The Creek in 1805 extended the state's western boundary to the Ocmulgee River . A legislative act on June 26, 1806, added some of this additional land to both counties. The state legislature subsequently passed an act on December 10, 1807, that created four new counties from Baldwin County's 1806 borders. It expanded Baldwin to the east with land from Hancock and Washington Counties. The new counties were Morgan , Jones , Putnam , and present-day Jasper (originally named Randolph County at
105-700: The General Assembly provided for the establishment of the state's first mental asylum, today known as Central State Hospital . When the state of Georgia seceded from the Union in January 1861, during a legislative session held in Milledgeville, Baldwin County became a target for Union forces. When Union general William T. Sherman made his devastating March to the Sea through Georgia, his troops occupied
126-638: The Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Women, Georgia College and State University has since grown to become the state's premier public liberal-arts university. Georgia Military College, founded in 1879, now occupies the Old Capitol Building. In addition to the Old Capitol and Governor's Mansion, visitors to Baldwin County can explore Andalusia, the family farm of writer Flannery O'Connor ; Milledgeville's historic district; and
147-633: The Lockerly Arboretum, a botanical garden and nature education center that hosts the Lockerly Heritage Festival each September. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 267 square miles (690 km ), of which 9.6 square miles (25 km ) (3.6%) is covered by water. The county is located along the fall line of the Eastern United States. The city of Milledgeville, which
168-496: The building, conducting the affairs of the state militia and engaging in disputes with C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis from the capitol and the nearby Governor's Mansion . Brown and others fled the capitol ahead of the arrival of General William Tecumseh Sherman 's Union Army . They occupied the city of Milledgeville on November 23, 1864. The Old Capitol building was damaged, while armories and magazines on Statehouse Square were destroyed. In 1868, during Reconstruction ,
189-673: The capital city in November 1864. Sherman and his Union armies burned the state penitentiary, vandalized the city, and held a mock session of the legislature in the statehouse to repeal the state's ordinance of secession. In 1868, after the Civil War (1861–65), Georgia's capital was moved from Milledgeville to its present location in Atlanta. Today, Milledgeville is home to two institutions of higher education: Georgia College and State University and Georgia Military College . Founded in 1889 as
210-484: The center of the college campus and is open for tours. Baldwin County, Georgia Baldwin County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2020 census , its population was 43,799. The county seat is Milledgeville , which was developed along the Oconee River . Baldwin County is part of the Milledgeville micropolitan statistical area . For centuries,
231-671: The county is located in the Upper Oconee River sub-basin of the same Altamaha River basin. As of the 2020 United States census , 43,799 people, 16,191 households, and 9,568 families were residing in the county. Members of the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners are responsible for administering the government to residents. Five members serve on the board, elected from single-member districts . Commissioners served 4 year terms up until 2024 when legislation allowed for staggered elections. The 2024 Election will be
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#1732766295897252-462: The first round of the 2022 Senate election but then gave a majority of votes to Raphael Warnock in the subsequent run-off. As recently as 2018, Democrats held all county constitutional offices with the exception of Surveyor (R). Since then, the Sheriff, Superior Court Clerk and Tax Commissioner have registered as Independents, and a Republican now serves as Solicitor General. Democrats still hold
273-691: The land was occupied by the Creek Nation , and for thousands of years before them, varying cultures of indigenous peoples . Part of the land ceded by the Creek people in the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson in 1802 was used to create Baldwin County on May 11, 1803, by the Georgia General Assembly , the state's legislative body. The land west of the Oconee River was organized as Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties. The Treaty of Washington with
294-501: The last in which all commissioners are up for election simultaneously. Now, Districts 1-3 will share the ballot every 4 years beginning in 2028, and commissioners elected in 2024 to represent districts 4 and 5 will serve a 2 year term, to end in 2026, and thereafter terms will be 4 years.The members of the board elect the chair from amongst themselves. Baldwin County has been a highly competitive swing county in recent presidential elections, with no candidate receiving more than 52.9% of
315-599: The legislature moved the capital to Atlanta , a city emerging as the symbol of the New South as opposed to Milledgeville, seen as being connected to the Old South . The statehouse was used as the court house for Baldwin County, Georgia from 1871 - 1879. Then it was used for the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College , which became Georgia Military College in 1900. The building remains
336-442: The state and its abundant supply of water from the Oconee River, Milledgeville grew rapidly into a bustling frontier town. On November 2, 1807, the state legislature held its first session in the newly completed statehouse in Milledgeville. Georgia's first state penitentiary was also built within the historic city limits of Milledgeville in 1817. This site is now used as the main campus of Georgia College and State University . In 1837,
357-553: The time of the act). The county is named for Abraham Baldwin , a signer of the United States Constitution , U.S. congressman representing Georgia, and the founder of the University of Georgia . White settlers moved into the area and developed large cotton plantations , made possible by the labor of slaves . Since the invention of the cotton gin, short-staple cotton could be profitably processed, and it
378-528: The title Old State Capitol . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_State_Capitol&oldid=1072811893 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Old State Capitol (Milledgeville, Georgia) The Georgia Legislature met in
399-473: The vote in any election from 1992 onward. The county was the only one in Georgia that failed to give a majority to either major-party candidate in the 2018 gubernatorial election , with Democrat Stacey Abrams winning the county by only 58 votes over Republican Brian Kemp . Baldwin County, along with neighboring Washington County , was one of 2 counties that gave a plurality of votes to Herschel Walker in
420-531: The yet-to-be-completed building for the first time in 1807. The Marquis de Lafayette visited the building in 1825 while on his tour through the United States. Expansions were completed to north and south wings in 1828 and 1834, respectively. East and west porticoes with granite steps were added in 1835. Georgia's Secession Convention in 1861 was held in the building, and a vote for secession carried on January 19, 1861. Governor Joe Brown worked from
441-641: Was well-suited to the uplands of Georgia. What became known as the Black Belt of Georgia, an arc of fertile soil, was one of the destinations for slaves being sold from the Upper South, as well as from the Low Country. The county seat of Milledgeville, formerly the state capital of Georgia (1804–1868), is one of only 3 planned capital cities in the United States along with Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis , IN. Because of its central location within
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