{"nrhp_refnum":"79003319","name":"Americus Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Americus Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E. Church St. and Oak Grove Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Americus","county":"Sumter County","state":"GA","lat":32.070040638500046,"lon":-84.2220142373456,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary amendment to the Americus Historic District in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, adding Oak Grove Cemetery (established 1859) and East Church Street, with several turn-of-the-century houses along the street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery has been part of Americus since 1859 and is tied to the historic district environmentally, historically and architecturally. Its Victorian monuments, mausoleums and iron fences, and its graves of local and national figures, make it the main remaining link between the community and its past after the loss of many landmarks.","narrative":"Oak Grove Cemetery sits at the east end of Church Street in Americus, Georgia. It was established in 1859 on land once belonging to Dr. Albert Rees, after an earlier cemetery on Forsyth Street was surrounded by houses and could not expand. The cemetery was added, together with East Church Street and several turn-of-the-century houses, to the existing Americus Historic District. Its grid of roads, iron-fenced family plots, ornate Victorian monuments made partly by local artisans, and classical mausoleums reflect the era. Burials include Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1890s, and Dr. George F. Cooper, founder of the city's public school system. In 1880, 129 Confederate soldiers' remains were moved from Andersonville to the cemetery, and a monument followed in 1899. A Spanish-American War section and an unmarked paupers' field are also present. With many city landmarks lost, the cemetery remains a visible record of Americus residents' lives.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian-era cemetery monuments, mausoleums and ironwork; mausoleums tend toward classical design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Cemetery owned by the City of Americus; contains one early-twentieth-century brick building used as the cemetery office. Condition checked as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.288257-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79003319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003319/60f72a4a6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003319/60f72a4a6a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Eoghanacht","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windsor-Hotel-Americus-GA-1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eoghanacht</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windsor-Hotel-Americus-GA-1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209514","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americus_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26721421"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/sumter-county/americus-historic-district-boundary-increase-79003319/"}