Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

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Name Type¹ Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

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Address:300 N Bond St
Plains, GA 31780
Phone:229-824-4104
Fax:229-824-3441
Web: www.nps.gov/jica/
Size: 72 acres.
Established: Authorized on December 23, 1987.
Location:10 miles west of Americus, Georgia, on US 280.
Facilities:Rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit.
Activities:Self-guided tour.
Special Features:The site includes President Carter's residence and boyhood home. The Plains High School, where both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter attended grammar and high school, serves as the park's visitor center. The railroad depot, which served as campaign headquarters during the 1976 election, houses additional exhibits. The Jimmy Carter National Preservation District, separate from the park, includes part of the town of Plains and its environs.

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com | FOR details of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, Georgia, including Maranatha Baptist Church information, click www.

TTrraaiill ttoo tthheecchhiieeffss; LINDSAY SUTTON has Georgia on his mind as he pays a visit to the beautiful southern state and meets one of its most famous sons - former president Jimmy Carter. He then picks up the trail of another key figure in US history, the iconic Franklin D Roosevelt

1996 HISTORICALLY RELATED NATIONAL PARK VISITORS Andersonville National Historic Site 197,394 Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park 974,898 Fort Frederick National Monument 308,819 Fort Pulaski National Monument 343,706 Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 39,766 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 1,144,361 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Profiting from the Past: The Economic Impact of Historic Preservation in Georgia

The intimacy with which I grew up as a boy here among these same folks has been continued and even expanded,'' he said during a private interview at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, the former Plains High School.

NEWS LITE : CARTER CELEBRATES AMONG FRIENDS

I have to balance the budget at school every year, and I need to do it as economically as possible," explains Fred Boyles, National Park Service site manager for Plains High School, part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, GA.