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I'm guessing a lot of them didn't survive.

A lot of white peoples' buildings didn't survive either. I'm actually kind of curious how different this list would be if Sherman didn't burn a bunch of southern cities during the Civil War.

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The house I grew up in dates to 1840 and served as an armory during the civil war. Though this was in VA.

Probably would have only affected Georgia's listing, if at all.

Yeah, he didn't burn Savannah, which was by far the oldest city on his route. Atlanta wasn't even 30 years old when he burned it.

He was unusually kind when he got to Savannah. He burned a lot of stuff on the way though. Not sure if any of those places were of significance.

He also destroyed some stuff in SC afterwards.

After Georgia he went through South Carolina with the specific goal of destroying things to punish them for being the state most responsible for the rebellion.

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