{"nrhp_refnum":"78000973","name":"Cobbham Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Sledge-Cobb House","Seney-Stovall Chapel"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Prince Ave., Hill, Reese, and Pope Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95881119550003,"lon":-83.39082838731073,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A primarily residential historic neighborhood northwest of downtown Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, centered on the 80 lots John A. Cobb offered for sale in 1834 south of Prince Avenue, plus adjacent areas to the west and south.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Cobbham as an early Athens neighborhood that grew from a rural setting of a few large antebellum homes into a dense in-town district. Its buildings, from Greek Revival houses to Victorian-era residences and an 1901 fire station, reflect the changing architectural tastes of successive eras. The Howell Cobb residence is among the notable houses.","narrative":"Cobbham is a residential neighborhood northwest of downtown Athens, Georgia, that began in 1834 when John A. Cobb offered 80 lots along the road now called Prince Avenue. Before the Civil War it was almost rural, with large houses and outbuildings filling entire blocks, mostly in Greek Revival style with some Gothic Revival. Growth resumed after the war and accelerated toward the end of the century, leaving a mix of Victorian-era houses, from small frame cottages to large rambling homes with towers, turrets and elaborate porches. Notable buildings include Athens Fire Station No. 2 from 1901, the c. 1850 Cobb-Bucknell House built for Howell Cobb and later moved to its present site, and the c. 1856 Hayes-DeRenne-Spalding House. Development slowed after 1930, then growth since 1950 brought commercial intrusions and strip development. The district was listed because it preserves this layered record of Athens residential architecture and neighborhood development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Victorian-era styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent, good, fair and deteriorated; described as altered, on its original site, and subject to increasing commercial and institutional intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.471522-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000973.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000973/c2ce4d0588-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000973/c2ce4d0588-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L-R_465_and_475_Meigs_St,_c._1922_%26_1900,_respectively.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:L-R_465_and_475_Meigs_St,_c._1922_%26_1900,_respectively.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207442","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobbham_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49478749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/cobbham-historic-district-78000973/"}