{"nrhp_refnum":"03000677","name":"East End Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Metcalf Ave., Simeon St., Grady St., and East Loomis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.832750517500045,"lon":-83.96766172638036,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-07-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district southeast of downtown Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, south of the railroad tracks. The amendment enlarges the district to about 40 acres, removes three demolished properties, and extends the period of significance.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for intact examples of house types and styles common in Georgia from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. It is significant in community planning and development as the earliest documented planned residential neighborhood in Thomasville, laid out on a gridiron plan. It also reflects the growth of a working-class neighborhood in a city better known for resort hotels.","narrative":"East End is a small residential neighborhood southeast of downtown Thomasville, Georgia, south of the railroad tracks. Its lots were first offered for sale around 1885, and development began in earnest in 1894 under a local realtor. The original listing covered about two blocks of Second Empire, Folk Victorian and Craftsman houses. The amendment adds houses built from about 1930 to the late 1940s, mostly modest one-story wood bungalows with simple Craftsman details such as exposed rafters, knee braces and porch posts on brick piers. It also adds a brick pumphouse and removes three properties lost to demolition. The district now holds about 40 acres, with roughly 88 contributing resources. Early residents were clerks, tradespeople and skilled laborers, and after World War II temporary veterans housing and multi-family occupancy appeared. Several streets remain unpaved, a rare survival for an in-town neighborhood. It was listed for its planned layout and its intact range of house types.","period_of_significance":"1885 - 1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for single and multiple dwellings; some streets remain unpaved; a historic pumphouse on Simeon Street is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.923317-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000677.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000677/6911a7bec6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000677/6911a7bec6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_on_Colton_Ave,_Thomasville,_GA,_US_(14).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73</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:House_on_Colton_Ave,_Thomasville,_GA,_US_(14).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209631","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_End_Historic_District_(Thomasville,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/east-end-historic-district-boundary-increase-and-decrease-03000677/"}