{"nrhp_refnum":"76000656","name":"Waycross Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Plant Ave., Williams, Lee, Chandler, and Stephen Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waycross","county":"Ware County","state":"GA","lat":31.205492710000044,"lon":-82.35430125312473,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 178 acres in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, bounded roughly by Plant Avenue and Williams, Lee, Chandler and Stephens Streets. It is the earliest residential neighborhood of this south Georgia railroad center, with most houses built around 1880-1895.","why_significant":"It was the first true residential area in Waycross, developed as the city's first subdivision after the forest was cleared. It was popular with railroad executives and professional people. Its largely Victorian houses reflect the new wealth of early Waycross and the modest lives of railroad workers, and several of its streets were among the city's first paved.","narrative":"Waycross Historic District covers about 178 acres of the city's earliest residential neighborhood, laid out on flat, well-drained ground that was once forest. Wide, straight streets lined with oak, palm, pine and magnolia trees frame mostly Victorian houses, many built around 1880-1895. Notable examples include the 1894 W. W. Beach House on Lee Street and the 1888 Blackshear House on Gilmore Street, a Victorian reinterpretation of an antebellum house. Smaller cottages, shotgun worker housing, bungalows, a former hotel and the brick railroad depot add variety. The area was developed as the city's first subdivision after timber was harvested and shipped to ports such as Savannah. Railroad executives, doctors, lawyers and judges settled here, while railroad workers lived in more modest homes nearer the tracks. Gilmore Street and Plant Avenue were among the first paved streets in the city. The district was listed because its houses reflect the early prosperity of a railroad town and show a strong sense of individuality.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Feltham (local architect of the Central Baptist Church, 1910)","architectural_style":"Predominantly Victorian, with Shingle style elements, bungalows and some masonry buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered; a few intrusions exist, mainly mobile homes and some contemporary buildings such as the First Methodist Church.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.818505-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000656.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000656/d736daf090-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000656/d736daf090-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summerall_Tillman_Home,_Waycross_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summerall_Tillman_Home,_Waycross_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waycross_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622481"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/ware-county/waycross-historic-district-76000656/"}