{"nrhp_refnum":"76000609","name":"St. Marys Historic District","other_names":["City of St. Mary's","See Also:Orange Hall"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Waterfront Rd., Norris, Alexander, and Oak Grove Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Marys","county":"Camden County","state":"GA","lat":30.743562332000067,"lon":-81.55649534799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the original gridded town of St. Marys on the north bank of the St. Marys River in Camden County, southeastern Georgia. The town was laid out in 1788, and the nominated area is about 230 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that St. Marys is an excellent example of an early port city and a typical outpost in a sparsely settled area. It was a busy seaport from 1787 to the mid-1840s and served as Camden County seat during two periods. Many of its individual houses and churches are good examples of early residential and religious architecture in Georgia.","narrative":"St. Marys is a small seaport town on the north bank of the St. Marys River in southeastern Georgia, laid out in a square grid in 1788 with six public squares. The historic district covers about 230 acres and keeps the original street plan almost unchanged. Osborne Street, the main avenue, holds the Washington Oak and Pump of 1799, the Archibald Clarke House of 1801-1805, the Rudolph House and the 1914 Riverview Hotel. Other streets contain the Pratt-Gillican House of 1825, an early raised cottage, and the Presbyterian Church of 1808, known for a bell cast by Paul Revere. Oak Grove Cemetery holds graves dating from 1801. The town was a busy port from 1787 to the mid-1840s, trading in lumber, fruit, vegetables and sea-island cotton, and twice served as Camden County seat. It was listed as an example of an early port city with good early houses and churches.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Plantation plain, Sand Hills raised cottage and other early Georgia residential and religious buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as good to altered in condition. The waterfront is much deteriorated and no longer a working harbor. The district is mostly in private residential use, with some religious, park and museum uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.797899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000609.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000609/e4a5d76cd2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000609/e4a5d76cd2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Legohead","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montage_St_Marys_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Legohead</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montage_St_Marys_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207206","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marys_Historic_District_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590569"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/camden-county/st-marys-historic-district-76000609/"}