Built for Charles D. Jordan, this house originally featured a widow’s walk.
Update: The house was lost to fire on 11 May 2026.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Jordan-Lanier House, 1890s, Monticello
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Queen Anne House, Monticello
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Jeremiah Pearson House, Circa 1816, Monticello
Perhaps the oldest house in Monticello, this Federal Style hall and parlor house was built for Jeremiah Pearson, a pioneer settler, merchant and landowner. Built c.1816 for Jeremiah Pearson, (1777-1855), early settler, merchant, and large land owner.
The house is largely original, except for the architecturally and aesthetically intrusive sun room.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
J. D. Persons House, Monticello
This magnificent home was built around 1900-1905. Its round portico is one of the most prominent architectural landmarks in downtown Monticello.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Reese Hall, Circa 1820, Monticello
Monticello’s oldest documented house, Reese Hall was originally built in Savannah but was disassembled there and moved to Monticello around 1820. Its most prominent owner was Dr. David Addison Reese (3 March 1794-16 December 1871) who received his medical degree from Jefferson College in Philadelphia. He was the son of a Revolutionary soldier and the grandson of a signer of the now-debunked Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence. After briefly working in Elberton he moved to Monticello and established a thriving practice. Besides serving for a number of years as Jasper County’s state senator, and 25 years as a Trustee of the University of Georgia, he was also appointed a Commissioner of Cherokee relations by President Andrew Jackson in 1831. Politically a Whig, he succeeded Alexander H. Stephens in Congress in 1853. He left Georgia for Russell County, Alabama, during the Civil War and died there at the age of 78.
Judy Hunsucker restored Reese Hall circa 2015.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Folk Victorian Cottage, Monticello
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Monticello United Methodist Church, 1895
This beautiful church was vacated in 1960, when the congregation constructed a newer facility for their growing membership. It was sold and was later used for a funeral home, the Jasper County Library, and by another non-denominational church . The wing on the right side was a later addition to accommodate offices and a Sunday school. Scott McElheny writes that it was purchased in the early 2000s with hopes of restoration for use as an events center but due to myriad stumbling blocks this never materialized. I have no idea what the plans are for this structure, but it seems a waste to let it just stand empty. Maybe a cultural or arts center would be a good use for the city of Monticello to explore; anything would be better than its present dilemma.
The congregation is one of the oldest in Jasper County. The cemetery dates to 1805 and visitors are welcome to explore the beautiful headstones, statuary, and wrought iron Victorian fencing.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Monticello Presbyterian Church
This congregation dates to 1829, and the present church building to the turn of the last century. This photo really doesn’t do it justice; it’s one of the largest churches I’ve seen in any small town in Georgia.
Monticello Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Shotgun House, Monticello
Shotgun houses, once symbolic of poverty, are a fashionable form today and many owners are making concerted efforts to spruce them up with fresh paint and repairs. This one is located beside the old Methodist cemetery in Monticello.
