Most of these publications are only available digitally as PDF files (linked below).  An * indicates that a print version is available by calling 404-656-2840.

Historic Preservation Handbook: A Guide for Volunteers - 1976
This introductory guide to preservation, produced by HPD staff over thirty years ago, is out of print, but now available as a pdf here. We hope you find this publication interesting, but please keep in mind that much of the information is outdated. 

African American resources

African-American Historic Places and Culture: A Preservation Resource Guide for Georgia - 1993
 

Historic Black Resources: A Handbook for the Identification, Documentation and Evaluation of Historic African-American Properties in Georgia - 1984

*Preserving the Legacy: A Tour of African American Historic Resources in Georgia - (1980s) fold-out map

Agricultural

Tilling the Earth: Georgia's Historic Agricultural Heritage - October 2001

Archaeological

Archaeological Investigations at Fort Morris State Historic Site, Liberty County, Georgia - August 2003

Georgia's Inland Waters - August 2003

Findings and Recommendations of the Underwater Archaeology Study Council - December 2002

Stemming the Tide: A Survey of Submerged Cultural Resources Programs in the United States With a View Toward Georgia - 2000

Building materials

The Conservation and Preservation of Tabby: A Symposium on Historic Building Material in the Coastal Southeast - 1998

Cemeteries

*Preserving Georgia's Historic Cemeteries - November 2007

*Georgia Governors' Gravesites Field Guide, 1776-2003 - September 2003

Grave Intentions: A Comprehensive Guide to Preserving Historic Cemeteries in Georgia by Christine Van Voorhies, the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, September 2003

This small, easy-to-read guidebook gives great information on cleaning up a graveyard and tombstones, getting access to gravesites, funding your project, handling threats to graves, and legal issues.

Available in print only - click here to see the table of contents and ordering information.

Communities

Georgia Community Development and Morphology of Community Types - December 1989

Courthouses

*Preserving Georgia's Historic Courthouses - March 2005

Estimate of Cost to Rehabilitate the Historic Courthouses and City Halls of Georgia - September 2002

The Georgia Courthouse Manual - 1992

Post World War II housing

Modern Apartment Complexes in Georgia - May 2003

Atlanta Housing: 1944-1965 - Spring 2001

Railroads

Statewide Railroad Industry Context - September 1991

The statewide Railroad Industry Context was completed in September 1991 by the Georgia Rails Into Trails Society, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation section and the Trust for Public Land. The purpose of the project was to identify abandoned railroad rights of way in the state of Georgia, to describe and catalogue historic structural and archaeological resources to be found along,the historic railroad rights of way, and to develop a preservation plan for these cultural resources.

Schools

Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Georgia, 1868-1971 - October 2004

*Preserving Georgia's Historic Schools - October 2003

State-owned buildings

Held in Trust: Historic Buildings Owned by the State of Georgia - 1993