{"nrhp_refnum":"01000742","name":"Winterville Historic District","other_names":["Winter's Station","Six-Mile Station"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly center on Main St. and on the abandoned Georgia RR line within the city limits of Winterville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winterville","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.967145879500066,"lon":-83.27694706112982,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Transportation","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small railroad town district in Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia, east of Athens, laid out in a cross-rail plan along the Georgia Railroad line. It contains 65 contributing and 37 noncontributing resources built between 1841 and 1953.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for its houses, commercial buildings, church, depot and schools reflecting late 19th and early 20th century Georgia styles. It is also significant in community planning and development and transportation as a representative cross-rail community tied to the railroad. Its complex of four historic school buildings, including a 1920 vocational high school, supports its significance in education.","narrative":"Winterville is a small railroad town east of Athens in Clarke County, Georgia, whose historic core grew up on both sides of the Georgia Railroad line. Streets run parallel and perpendicular to the old rail bed, with an open square and depot at the center. The district holds 65 contributing resources built between 1841 and 1953, including Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Classical Revival and Craftsman houses, many built by local builder Hal O. Johnson. Community landmarks include the 1912 Pittard Bank, the c. 1890 depot, the Greek Revival Methodist Church designed by John William Barnett, and a group of four school buildings dating from 1920 to 1953. The town developed after the railroad arrived in 1841 and served farmers who shipped cotton and other crops. Its cross-rail plan is typical of Georgia railroad communities, and the high school was tied to a University of Georgia program training vocational teachers. Decline followed the railroad's loss of importance after World War II.","period_of_significance":"1841-1953","architect_builder":"Barnett, John William (architect); Johnson, Hal O. (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Classical Revival); Bungalow/Craftsman; Georgian cottage, center-hall cottage, gable-ell cottage, New South cottage, saddlebag house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The railroad rails and ties have been removed but the rail bed survives intact. Current functions include single dwellings, city hall/post office and schools.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.78625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01000742.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000742/8761d304dc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000742/8761d304dc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hhoschton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winterville_Train_depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Hhoschton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winterville_Train_depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207520","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141741801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/winterville-historic-district-01000742/"}