{"nrhp_refnum":"72000379","name":"Old North Campus, University of Georgia","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Broad, Lumpkin, and Jackson Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.97427579150005,"lon":-83.37490523076295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-acre historic district at the University of Georgia in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, at Lumpkin and Broad Streets. It holds the university's earliest buildings, built between 1801 and 1903 around two quadrangles and a third area near Broad Street.","why_significant":"The district is the original core of America's first state-chartered university, chartered in 1785, and the university's location gave rise to the city of Athens. Its buildings and literary society halls are tied to prominent Georgians who studied or spoke there. Architecturally, it records changing tastes from Federal and Greek Revival to Second Empire and Neo-Classical styles.","narrative":"Old North Campus is the historic heart of the University of Georgia in Athens. Entered through an iron arch erected in 1858, the seven-acre district is arranged around two quadrangles and a green near Broad Street, shaded by oaks, magnolias and elms. Old College, built 1801-05, was the first permanent building. Later structures include Waddel Hall, New College, Demosthenian Hall, the Chapel, Phi Kappa Hall, Lustrat House, Moore College and the Academic Building of 1903, spanning Federal, Greek Revival, Second Empire and Neo-Classical styles. The university, chartered in 1785 as the first state-chartered university in America, gave rise to the town of Athens, which was incorporated in 1806. Figures such as Alexander Stephens, Crawford W. Long, Robert Toombs and Henry W. Grady are linked to its halls and literary societies. The area remained the center of the university well into the twentieth century and is still regarded as its heart.","period_of_significance":"c. 1801 - 1903","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Second Empire and Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, occupied, in educational use, and on its original site, owned by the Regents of the University System of Georgia.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.155809-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000379.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000379/00c0714a36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000379/00c0714a36-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Boston Public Library","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_of_Georgia_at_Athens_--_LeConte_Hall,_library,_Demosthenian_Hall,_Gilbert_Memorial_Infirmary_(8342837989).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Public Library</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_of_Georgia_at_Athens_--_LeConte_Hall,_library,_Demosthenian_Hall,_Gilbert_Memorial_Infirmary_(8342837989).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207490","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90023714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/old-north-campus-university-of-georgia-72000379/"}