{"nrhp_refnum":"07001201","name":"McDonough Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Centered on Griffin St. and Keys Ferry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"McDonough","county":"Henry County","state":"GA","lat":33.43815166500005,"lon":-84.14380325007302,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped historic district covering most of the historic city of McDonough, seat of Henry County, Georgia, about 20 miles southeast of Atlanta. It centers on the courthouse square and includes commercial, residential, religious, industrial and cemetery resources.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant locally under Criterion A, reflecting McDonough's growth as a county seat and cotton trading center. The text describes decline after the railroad bypassed the town in 1846 and recovery after a rail line arrived in 1881. Its buildings show architectural styles and house types from the 1820s through the mid-20th century.","narrative":"McDonough's historic core is a T-shaped district in the center of Henry County, Georgia, laid out on a gridiron around the courthouse square. The square holds the 1897 Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse, a Confederate monument dedicated in 1910, and oak shade trees. Around it stand attached one- and two-story brick stores, many built by local businessman H. P. Copeland, with corbelled brickwork typical of the turn of the 20th century. Residential streets extend in several directions, with Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Craftsman, English Vernacular Revival and ranch houses, plus a small African-American neighborhood and city cemetery. Churches include Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and Shiloh Baptist congregations. Founded in 1823, the town declined for decades after a railroad bypassed it in 1846, then revived when a rail line reached it in 1881. The district preserves the buildings from that recovery, along with the early Globe Hotel and Brown House, and later examples such as a 1950 service station and an International Style grocery.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. P. Copeland (local businessman who built many commercial buildings on Macon Street)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Neoclassical and Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Commercial Style, Bungalow/Craftsman, International Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current uses include residences, businesses, government offices, churches and the courthouse; the district has 190 contributing and 71 noncontributing resources.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.354063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/07001201.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001201/5c9c91db09-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001201/5c9c91db09-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McDonough_Historic_District,_McDonough,_GA,_US_(06).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:McDonough_Historic_District,_McDonough,_GA,_US_(06).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208672","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonough_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55316259"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/henry-county/mcdonough-historic-district-07001201/"}