{"nrhp_refnum":"12001082","name":"Paine College Historic District","other_names":["Paine Institute"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1235 15th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.470913084000046,"lon":-81.99544240464212,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-12-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 37-acre historic district forming the central core of Paine College, a historically African-American Methodist-affiliated college in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. It has 14 contributing buildings dating from 1925 to 1971 and the 1919 Lion Field.","why_significant":"The district represents the development of a college founded in 1882-1884 through cooperation between the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church to educate African Americans. Its brick Colonial Revival and International Style buildings document the campus's growth through 1971. The nomination is certified as significant at the statewide level.","narrative":"Paine College Historic District is the central core of a historically African-American college in Augusta, Georgia, southwest of the downtown business district. The 37-acre district holds 14 contributing buildings built between 1925 and 1971, plus Lion Field, an athletic field dating to 1919. Most buildings are brick and designed in the Colonial Revival style, giving the campus a uniform look, while the Carter Gymnasium, Graham Hall and the Peters Campus Center are International Style. Epworth Hall (1925) is the oldest surviving building. The Candler Library (1947) is Classical Revival, and the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel (1968) is the campus centerpiece. The college grew from Paine Institute, established after the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church agreed in the early 1880s to create a school for African Americans. Classes began in 1884, and the campus moved to its present site in 1886. The district is recognized for this educational history and its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Tisdale, Stone and Pinson; Kuhlke and Wade (later Kuhlke, Wade, Gauger and Slaton); William N. Parsons; Edmund H. Kuhlke; contractors including C. H. Van Ormer, R. B. Wright Construction Company, Coe Construction Company","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Classical Revival; Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a college campus; four buildings built after 1971 are noncontributing, and the original 1899 Haygood Hall burned in 1968.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:44.439628-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/12001082.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209393","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141805483"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/paine-college-historic-district-12001082/"}