CLEVELAND — The Shirley McDonald Memorial Historic Resource Survey Report for White County will be presented to the community during the February White County Historical Society meeting.
That monthly meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Historic Courthouse Museum on the Cleveland Square.
During the survey, a total of 150 historic resources were documented that meet the minimum criteria to be considered historic, meaning the property or site retains the integrity needed for its location, design, setting, workmanship, materials and association to convey its historic significance in White County.
Performed in the summer of 2015, the survey was conducted by graduate students in the master's of environmental planning and design program, and the master's of historic preservation program, in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia.
The survey, named in memory of the late Shirley Black McDonald of Cleveland, consisted of historical and archival research and included buildings, sites, structures and objects of historic, architectural and cultural significance.
McDonald, who died in November 2014, was an official White County historian, was active in the White County Historical Society and Woodmen of the World Chapter 565, and was a regular history columnist for The Telegraph newspaper and later The White County News.
Information from the survey will be used to support the local historic designation of buildings and districts, expedite environmental review by government agencies, assist in preservation and land use planning and promote research of the county’s and state’s history and architecture.
