{"nrhp_refnum":"11000264","name":"Westside Historic District","other_names":["LaRoza Heights"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. 10th St., the GA-AL state line, W. 15th St. & the Chattahoochee R.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Point","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":32.88161707900005,"lon":-85.18304200076173,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A largely residential historic district in West Point, Troup County, Georgia, north of downtown on a bluff above the Chattahoochee River, also known as LaRoza Heights. It holds 92 contributing resources including houses, a cemetery and community landmarks, dating from about 1850 to the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district shows how West Point's residential neighborhood grew over a century, from the 1850s through the mid-20th century, alongside the railroads and textile industry. It contains a wide range of Georgia house types and styles, and several of its larger houses were built by families tied to the West Point Manufacturing Company. The form also notes the history of African-American occupancy and a nearby Civil War battle site at Fort Tyler.","narrative":"Westside Historic District is a hilly residential neighborhood in West Point, Georgia, just north of downtown and between the Alabama state line and the Chattahoochee River. Its streets continue the downtown grid, and its 92 contributing resources include houses, a cemetery with burials from 1841, and landmarks such as the Woman's Club, the Presbyterian Church and the Love Union Church. The earliest houses, found near West 10th Street and 2nd Avenue, are Greek Revival and date from about 1850. Queen Anne houses followed in the late 1800s, and the northern part filled in during the early 1900s with bungalows, cottages and the planned 1920s LaRoza Heights subdivision. Mid-century small houses and early ranch houses complete the sequence. The neighborhood grew with the railroads and the textile industry, and several of its grandest homes were built by members of the Lanier family, leaders of the West Point Manufacturing Company. Fort Tyler, site of a Civil War battle, lies at its western edge.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James William Melton (local builder, probably built 615 West 10th Street); William Turner (believed designer and builder of 1403 West 14th Street)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still largely in residential use, with a cemetery, churches, a clubhouse and some commercial development along 3rd Avenue and West 10th Street.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.103728-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/11000264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000264/b6a613f6f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000264/b6a613f6f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westside_Historic_District;_West_Point,_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</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:Westside_Historic_District;_West_Point,_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209773","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141810684"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/westside-historic-district-11000264/"}