{"nrhp_refnum":"72000404","name":"East Robert Toombs Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"East Robert Toombs Ave. between Alexander Ave. and Grove St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Wilkes County","state":"GA","lat":33.736790091000046,"lon":-82.73653406899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 17 acres along East Robert Toombs Avenue, between Alexander Avenue and Grove Street in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. It holds mostly ante-bellum houses and two churches, with the earliest portions dating from 1814.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the street has unusual architectural cohesiveness, with mostly second-quarter nineteenth-century Federal and Greek Revival buildings set among mature trees. It is also tied to notable figures such as Robert Toombs and to early church and settlement history in Washington.","narrative":"East Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington, Georgia, between Alexander Avenue and Grove Street, forms a tree-lined district of about 17 acres. Most buildings are ante-bellum houses with Federal and Greek Revival details, set in spacious grounds under large oaks, cedars and magnolias. The district runs from the Washington Presbyterian Church to the Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum, and includes the Robert Toombs House, the Dyson House, the Hillhouse-Wood House (begun in 1814) and a later Episcopal church built after an 1895 fire. Later Victorian and early twentieth-century additions fit the older scale and materials. The district was recognized for its architectural cohesiveness and for associations with Robert Toombs, a Confederate-era political figure, with Speaker Isaiah T. Irvin, and with early Presbyterian history in Georgia. The area was once known as Gilbertsville, after land sold as home sites before 1821.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival, with plantation-plain, Queen Anne and shingle style buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is given as good and unaltered; present uses include private residences, religious use and a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.946283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000404.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001319","name":"Washington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/washington-historic-district-04001319/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209949","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/wilkes-county/east-robert-toombs-historic-district-72000404/"}