{"nrhp_refnum":"73000649","name":"North Washington District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Jefferson and Court Sts., Poplar Dr., and U.S. 78","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Wilkes County","state":"GA","lat":33.74456929300004,"lon":-82.73931421199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 126 acres in the northern part of Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, bounded by Jefferson Street, Poplar Drive, the Route 78 By-Pass and Court Street, centered on Alexander Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for architecture and local history. Its two dominant houses, the Federal style Gilbert-Alexander House and the High Victorian Cedars, represent contrasting architectural periods. The district also preserves land from two early plantations and ties to the town's educational and religious history.","narrative":"North Washington District is a residential neighborhood of roughly 126 acres in Washington, Georgia, arranged along Alexander Avenue. It is anchored by two houses that represent different eras: the Federal style Gilbert-Alexander House, begun in 1808 on part of the original Gilbert plantation, and the Cedars, whose Victorian front portion was added after 1883 to an older home built by Dr. Anthony Poullain, a Revolutionary War surgeon. Both houses were nominated separately as well. Other buildings include the 1897 Washington Public School, with its tower and round arches, the Barksdale-Thomas house with its 1909 Ionic portico, the former Female Academy of 1857 now the Gaines house, and the 1830s William Wynne House, where the first Catholic mass in Washington was celebrated in 1839. The area's land came from two large plantations, the Wingfield and Gilbert holdings. Heavy plantings soften differences in scale and style among its ante-bellum, Victorian and later homes.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, High Victorian (Queen Anne and Romanesque revival influences), Colonial and Classic Revival, plantation-plain","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and unaltered; the 1897 Washington Public School is described as abandoned, while most other buildings are private residences.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.192906-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000649.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/93209965","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/wilkes-county/north-washington-district-73000649/"}