Douglasville Commercial Historic District Explained

Douglasville Commercial Historic District
Location:Roughly bounded by Broad St., Adair St., Church St., and Club Dr., Douglasville, Georgia
Coordinates:33.7508°N -84.7489°W
Built:1874
Architecture:Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
Added:July 24, 1989
Area:14acres
Refnum:89000850

The Douglasville Commercial Historic District in Douglasville, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

The listed area is 14acres, and consisted of four-and-a-half blocks of buildings along the south side of Broad St. facing north towards the railroad, between Adair St. and Club Drive, plus some buildings on the back sides of those blocks facing south onto Church St., plus some on the cross streets in between these blocks. In 1989 the area included 35 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, a contributing site, and a contributing object. Broad St. is now also known as Veterans Memorial Highway and as U.S. Route 78.

It comprises the historic commercial area of Douglasville. It includes the modern Douglas County Courthouse and the historic courthouse square with historic landscaping, a 1914 Civil War monument, and a World War II monument. The courthouse square is the oldest resource. The district includes the historic railroad right-of-way across Broad Street through this downtown district. The oldest buildings were built in the 1880s.[1]

Selected buildings include:

The district was deemed significant as a typical Georgia railroad town's downtown commercial area.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=89000850}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglasville Commercial Historic District ]. National Park Service. Lisa Raflo . May 24, 1989 . November 15, 2019. Includes map with photo locations and directions indicated. With
  2. Google Streetview, imagery captured December 2018, accessed November 2019, compared to NRHP photos