GA 54 and 3, Jonesboro, Georgia. County/parish: Clayton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 20, 1972. NRIS 72000381.
13 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Jonesboro Historic District in Jonesboro, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1972.
Jonesboro was the setting of much of the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind; the fictional houses Tara and Twelve Oaks were placed near it, in Clayton County.
It includes Stately Oaks, also separately listed on the NRHP, which is believed to be the inspiration for Tara.
It includes the Clayton County Courthouse.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207538