{"nrhp_refnum":"02000714","name":"McCarty Subdivision Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Thornton Place, Willow Park Dr., Sunset Cirtcle, and Walnut Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dalton","county":"Whitfield County","state":"GA","lat":34.75988310050005,"lon":-84.97229406070471,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 14 acres west of downtown Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, platted in 1928-1929 and containing single-family houses and two apartment buildings on Thornton Place, Willow Park Drive, Sunset Circle and Walnut Avenue.","why_significant":"It is described as one of Dalton's earliest planned subdivisions and its first automobile subdivision, with an intact plan of curvilinear and linear streets, a landscaped median and New South landscaping. It also holds a good collection of early- to mid-20th century house types and styles typical of Georgia, including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and English Vernacular Revival.","narrative":"West of downtown Dalton, Georgia, this 14-acre neighborhood was platted in 1928 as the McCarty Subdivision and built out mostly between 1929 and the early 1950s. It holds 34 contributing buildings, mainly one- and two-story houses plus two apartment buildings from the early 1940s that were designed to resemble single-family homes. The oldest house, a Queen Anne dwelling from 1882, was moved to the site in 1929 and now anchors the view down Thornton Place. Other houses show Colonial Revival, Craftsman, English Vernacular Revival and Minimal Traditional styles. The layout includes curving and straight streets, a tree-shaded median along a creek on Willow Park Drive, broad lawns and mature water oaks. The district was recognized for its architecture and for its intact plan, which the nomination describes as the first automobile subdivision in Dalton and an example of New South landscape design. Four later or altered buildings do not contribute.","period_of_significance":"1928-1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Craftsman/Bungalow; English Vernacular Revival; Minimal Traditional; Ranch House","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains a high level of integrity; historic functions as single dwellings and apartment buildings continue. Some houses and an apartment building were demolished and their sites excluded from the boundary.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.202278-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000714.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000714/3bfe181990-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000714/3bfe181990-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"GamblinMonkey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitfield_County_McCarty_Subdvision.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">GamblinMonkey</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitfield_County_McCarty_Subdvision.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209925","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141812499"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/whitfield-county/mccarty-subdivision-historic-district-02000714/"}