Jonesboro Historic District (Jonesboro, Georgia)

	Jonesboro Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Clayton County Courthouse
Location	GA 54 and 3, Jonesboro, Georgia
Coordinates	33°31′26″N 84°21′15″W / 33.52389°N 84.35417°W
Architect	Mansfield & Chapman
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic
NRHP reference No.	72000381
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1972

LocationGA 54 and 3, Jonesboro, Georgia

Coordinates33°31′26″N 84°21′15″W / 33.52389°N 84.35417°W

ArchitectMansfield & Chapman

ArchitecturalstyleGreek Revival, Gothic

Jonesboro Historic District in Jonesboro, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1972.^[1]

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.^[2]

It includes Stately Oaks, also separately listed on the NRHP, which is believed to be the inspiration for Tara.^[2]

It includes the Clayton County Courthouse.

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