Colbert Historic District Explained

Colbert Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Coordinates:34.0356°N -83.2103°W
Built:1890
Architecture:Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Added:May 31, 1984
Area:46acres
Refnum:84001154

The Colbert Historic District, in Colbert, Georgia, is a historic district, 46acres in size, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It included 43 contributing buildings. The district is roughly bounded by 4th and 5th Streets, 4th and 8th Avenues.

Its NRHP nomination describes:

Colbert is a good representative example of Georgia's small, turn-of-the-century, Piedmont-area railroad towns. Largely developed after the arrival of the railroad in 1892 but before the boll weevil ruined the area's cotton economy in the late 1920s, it featured a depot, hotel, downtown commercial buildings, a residential neighborhood, and outlying farms. The Colbert Historic District contains extant intact examples of all these locally important buildings, and it illustrates the way in which the community developed.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84001154}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Colbert Historic District / Colbert ]. National Park Service. Richard Cloues . April 19, 1984 . June 10, 2018. With