Group Says Four Central Ga. Spots Are 'In Peril'

An historic preservation group says four Central Georgia places are "in peril."

    They're on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2010 list of the state's ten places in peril.

     They are: Capricorn Recording Studio in downtown Macon, the Southern-rock mecca of the Allman Brothers and others that was recently foreclosed;

    Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, once the nation's largest mental hospital, now deteriorating;

     The old Dodge County jail in Eastman, built in 1897 with many period details, including a "hanging room" with trap door and lever;

     and the Ritz Theatre in Thomaston, an historic big-screen theater that still shows first-run films.

The groups says its list is designed to raise awareness about Georgia's historic sites that are threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of maintenance or inappropriate development.