Atalaya
Added to the National Register in 1984, and a National Historic Landmark.

The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Off US 17, Murrells Inlet, SC |
| County | Georgetown County |
| Listed | Sep 7, 1984 |
| Listed for | Architecture, Art |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Atalaya Castle; Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens |
| Reference number | 84002045 |
| Architect | Archer Milton Huntington |
| Style | Moorish Revival architecture, Mediterranean Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Off US 17, Murrells Inlet, SC |
| Coordinates | 33.5139° N, 79.0853° W · Directions ↗ |
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Nearby in Georgetown County
Public land around it
| Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 1 mile away38,344 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Georgetown County
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The life & times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914Robert McAlister, 2012Find at Bookshop.org
Guidebooks to historic places in South Carolina
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
When was Atalaya listed on the National Register?
Sep 7, 1984. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Who designed Atalaya?
Archer Milton Huntington, working in the Moorish Revival architecture and Mediterranean Revival architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Atalaya?
Off US 17, Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Atalaya?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Atalaya right now?
1 active incident within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest C-74 Fm Rx, 49 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 84002045. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.