{"nrhp_refnum":"73000650","name":"West Robert Toombs District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. Robert Toombs Ave. between Allison St. and Rte. 44 and Lexington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Wilkes County","state":"GA","lat":33.736375196500035,"lon":-82.74695244172156,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 72-acre residential historic district along West Robert Toombs Avenue on the west side of the business district of Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, with houses dating from about 1815 through the late 19th century.","why_significant":"The district holds a concentration of ante-bellum and late nineteenth-century houses showing a wide mix of styles, including Greek Revival, Federal, Queen Anne, Eastlake and picturesque eclectic designs. It also contains sites linked to Baptist leaders Jesse Mercer and Henry Allen Tupper, Judge Garnett Andrews and his daughter Eliza Frances Andrews, and the architect Gottfried L. Norrman. Its mixed home and business uses, set among water oaks, reflect earlier town customs.","narrative":"West Robert Toombs Avenue forms a major western entrance to the town of Washington, Georgia. The nominated district covers about 72 acres of mostly residential streetscape beneath tall water oaks, beginning near a small triangular green space marked for Baptist leader Jesse Mercer. Its houses span roughly 1815 to 1900 and show a wide mix of styles. The Tupper-Barnett House, built about 1860, has a Doric portico encircling the older house. The Barksdale-Burt House, designed in 1893 by Atlanta architect Gottfried L. Norrman, is a picturesque eclectic design. Other houses include the Irvin-Orr and M. P. Pope houses, the Queen Anne and Eastlake Hill-Harris House, and the Morris House, once the Planters Hotel. The district was recognized for this architectural variety and for its ties to figures such as Mercer, Henry Allen Tupper and Judge Garnett Andrews. Its past mix of homes, a tavern, and printing offices also shows how business and residence once shared the street.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-1900","architect_builder":"Gottfried L. Norrman (Barksdale-Burt House, 1893); Dr. Felix Hay (M. P. Pope House, 1825); Samuel Gardiner (Morris House, 1824)","architectural_style":"Mixed styles: Greek Revival, Federal, Queen Anne, Eastlake, picturesque eclecticism, classic revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and largely residential, with a few filling stations intruding; some houses are altered, and one house was moved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.427785-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000650.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/93209989","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/wilkes-county/west-robert-toombs-district-73000650/"}