{"nrhp_refnum":"76000649","name":"LeVert Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Zion Episcopal Church"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Washington Ave., railroad tracks, Madison and Smith Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Talbotton","county":"Talbot County","state":"GA","lat":32.67454419550003,"lon":-84.53856890520862,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Philosophy"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 23-25 acres just south of the central business district of Talbotton, Talbot County, Georgia. It holds 22 buildings, mostly 19th-century churches, a former women's college and houses.","why_significant":"The district is argued to have architectural and historic significance as a compact area showing several styles (Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian, neo-classical) that reflect phases of Talbotton's development. It includes the former LeVert College, an early state-chartered women's college, and Talbotton Methodist Church, the oldest brick church in the South Georgia Conference. Its houses were also homes of prominent local residents.","narrative":"South of Talbotton's business center lies a compact neighborhood of about 25 acres with 22 buildings, most dating from the 19th century. Its anchor is Straus-LeVert Memorial Hall, a white frame Greek Revival building of about 1856 that housed LeVert College, one of the first state-chartered colleges for women in Georgia. The Straus family, who once lived in Talbotton, bought it in 1924 and turned it into a community building. Nearby are Zion Episcopal Church, a rare wooden English Gothic Revival church of 1848, and Talbotton Methodist Church, a brick Greek Revival building of 1857 built by master mason Miranda Fort and the oldest brick church in its conference. The remaining buildings are houses in Greek Revival, Victorian and neo-classical designs, dating from 1836 to the early 1900s. Several were homes of physicians, planters, merchants and other prominent county residents. Together they show the varied architecture of a prosperous small Southern town.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Miranda Fort (Methodist Church, 1857); W. A. Bennet (Freeman-Watts House); Thomas Bardwell (Robins-Taylor House); Richard Radcliff, Sr.; John T. Blount, Sr.; Roland Willis","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian (Eastlake), neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are described as in good or excellent condition; the Little-Thomas House is used for apartments, one former residence is a funeral home, and Straus-LeVert Memorial Hall is a community building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.449062-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000649.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000649/d430c9d827-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000649/d430c9d827-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeVert_Historic_District_(Straus-LeVert_Memorial_Hall);_Talbotton,_GA_(NRHP).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</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:LeVert_Historic_District_(Straus-LeVert_Memorial_Hall);_Talbotton,_GA_(NRHP).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209548","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49515313"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/talbot-county/levert-historic-district-76000649/"}