{"nrhp_refnum":"02001292","name":"Eastside Historic District","other_names":["Collinsville","The Meadows"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Broad, Cedar, Gwinnett and Anderson Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Savannah","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.05956822150006,"lon":-81.08347654122721,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, developed as a streetcar suburb south of downtown from 1891 through about 1950. It includes 459 contributing resources, mostly houses, plus commercial, industrial and community buildings, two parks and a rail line.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture because its houses, commercial buildings and community landmarks reflect styles and house types popular in Georgia from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. It is also significant in community planning and development because its street plan extended Savannah's grid and reflects the influence of streetcar transit on suburban growth.","narrative":"Eastside is a large residential neighborhood south of downtown Savannah that grew up along a streetcar line laid through farmland in 1891. Developer Jacob S. Collins platted Collinsville in 1898 and The Meadows around 1900, and the streets continued the city's gridiron pattern by 1900. The district's houses range from large Queen Anne and Italianate homes of the late 1890s to Neoclassical Revival houses, Craftsman bungalows and foursquares of the 1920s, along with shotgun houses, duplexes and rowhouses near the rail line. Community landmarks include the Romanesque Revival Fire Station Number 7, designed by Hyman Witcover, the Gothic Revival Waters Avenue School and Asbury Memorial Methodist Church, and two public parks. Corner stores and an ice plant add commercial and industrial character. The district was recognized for its architecture and for its planning history as a middle- and working-class streetcar suburb, with buildings dating from 1891 to about 1950.","period_of_significance":"1891 - c.1950","architect_builder":"De Bruyn Kops, J. (architect); Peoples Investment Company; Spaulding Construction Company; Standard Investment Company; Witcover, Hyman (architect)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Second Empire, Italianate, Queen Anne); Classical Revival and Late Gothic Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; vernacular types including shotgun houses, single-pen houses, foursquares and rowhouses","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district retains a high level of historic integrity, most historic buildings survive, and there are few vacant lots. Historic functions largely continue today, including housing, businesses, a school, churches and a fire station.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.19352-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02001292.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207292","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133865205"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/eastside-historic-district-02001292/"}