{"nrhp_refnum":"02000094","name":"Paoli Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Cty Rd. 334 amd Cty Rd. 331","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paoli","county":"Madison County","state":"GA","lat":34.09229169900007,"lon":-83.09401051956416,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Education","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural crossroads community in Madison County, Georgia, about 2.5 miles northeast of Comer, made up of farmhouses, outbuildings, fields, stores, a church, a school, a cotton warehouse and two cemeteries dating from 1788 into the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its early settlement by Scotch-Irish families from Paoli, Pennsylvania, and as an especially early example of a Georgia crossroads community. It also has intact farmsteads, vernacular houses with Greek Revival and Folk Victorian elements, a rare country store and a rare country school. It was listed under Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Paoli is a small crossroads community in rural Madison County, Georgia, northeast of Comer. Scotch-Irish settlers from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, founded it in 1788 and named it after the Pennsylvania community they had left. The district holds 26 contributing resources, including farmhouses with barns and fields, a c.1840-50 cotton warehouse, the c.1910 Threlkeld Grocery, the c.1890 Paoli School, and the brick New Hope Presbyterian Church built in the late 1920s as the fourth church on its site. Two cemeteries are included, and the New Hope Cemetery has gravestones dating to 1788. Houses are mostly vernacular, with some Greek Revival and Folk Victorian details. The district was listed for its early settlement history and for intact examples of architecture, agriculture, commerce and education typical of rural Georgia. Little new investment came after the cotton decline of the mid-1920s and the Depression, so the setting has changed little. The period of significance runs from 1788 to 1930.","period_of_significance":"1788-1930","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Late Victorian/Victorian; vernacular types including Georgian house, Georgian cottage, I-house, hall-parlor, double-pen and shotgun","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The New Hope Presbyterian Church is still in use, and current functions include single dwellings, secondary structures, church and cemetery. The community is described as relatively unchanged from its early 20th century appearance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.869287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000094.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208887","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141779774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/madison-county/paoli-historic-district-02000094/"}