{"nrhp_refnum":"04000515","name":"Augusta Downtown Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 13th St., Gordon Hwy, Walton Way and the Savannah R.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.474063918500036,"lon":-81.96274441627801,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Politics/Government","Education","Transportation","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district covering downtown Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, roughly bounded by 13th Street, Gordon Highway, Walton Way and the Savannah River. It combines the Broad Street commercial corridor, riverside industrial and railroad properties, and the government, church and residential buildings along Greene and Telfair streets.","why_significant":"The nomination brings together all surviving intact resources of downtown Augusta, a city laid out in 1736, in a single district. Broad Street is presented as the commercial heart of Georgia's second oldest city, tied to the cotton trade, river transport and the railroad. The district also holds a wide range of architectural styles from the 1820s through the 1960s, including a notable group of International Style buildings from the 1950s and 1960s.","narrative":"Downtown Augusta, Georgia, is preserved as a single historic district running from 5th to 13th Street along the Savannah River. The city was laid out in 1736 on a gridiron plan, and the district follows its three main avenues. Broad Street is the commercial corridor, with rows of storefronts from the 1820s to the 1960s, ranging from Federal-style shops with dwellings above to Italianate blocks, Art Deco theaters and an 18-story steel-and-glass bank tower completed in 1967. Greene Street is a tree-lined boulevard with a landscaped median, churches, public buildings and large nineteenth-century houses. Telfair Street holds landmarks such as the Academy of Richmond County and the Medical College of Georgia. Riverside warehouses, a levee section and railroad bridges reflect the cotton trade and the railroad that made Augusta a major inland market. The district gathers seventeen individually listed properties, two earlier districts and one National Historic Landmark, along with hundreds of other buildings, sites, structures and objects.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"G. Lloyd Preacher (Goldberg, Chronicle/Marion, Herald, Modjeska and Imperial buildings; Lamar Building with W. L. Stoddard); Robert McCreary (Georgia Railroad and Banking Company tower, 1967)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Exotic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Beaux Arts, Italian Renaissance, Commercial Style, Bungalow/Craftsman, Moderne, International Style, Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Many buildings remain in use; current functions listed include commerce, government, religion, education, housing and industry.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.211513-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/04000515.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000515/b4c26c4880-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000515/b4c26c4880-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Cropped by uploader from original image by Chris Harrison (on Flickr)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Street,_Augusta,_Georgia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cropped by uploader from original image by Chris Harrison (on Flickr)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Street,_Augusta,_Georgia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80001226","name":"Broad Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/broad-street-historic-district-80001226/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209343","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Downtown_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820916"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/augusta-downtown-historic-district-04000515/"}