{"nrhp_refnum":"82002388","name":"Quitman Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Brooks County Courthouse"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 84","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quitman","county":"Brooks County","state":"GA","lat":30.794132287500048,"lon":-83.55831106145823,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the historic core of Quitman, the seat of Brooks County in southern Georgia, laid out in 1859 by county surveyor Jeremiah Wilson. It includes commercial, residential, industrial and institutional properties built from 1859 into the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its intact original city plan and for its history in commerce and industry, among other themes. It holds a late 19th and early 20th century brick commercial center, an 1871 and an 1899 cotton mill, and a wide range of wood-framed houses. The local camellia plantings are also noted.","narrative":"Quitman is a small south Georgia city planned in 1859 as the seat of newly created Brooks County. Its historic core keeps the original layout, with two wide avenues, Screven Street and Court Street, meeting at the courthouse square and lined with landscaped center parks. The district includes about eight blocks of one- to three-story brick commercial buildings sharing party walls, among them an 1898 bank, a 1929 theatre and an 1887 opera house now used as city hall. Residential streets hold Greek Revival cottages, Queen Anne and Neoclassical houses, bungalows, and modest tenant housing built for mill and sawmill workers. In the southeast, near the railroad, stand an 1871 three-story cotton mill and an 1899 mill, reflecting the agricultural industries of small South Georgia towns. The district was listed for its roles in commerce and industry and for the survival of its nineteenth and early twentieth century fabric, though some modern buildings intrude.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Walker Street Elementary School designed by Valdosta architect Lloyd Greer; 1871 cotton mill built by contractors Culpepper and Creech; district laid out by surveyor Jeremiah Wilson","architectural_style":"Mixed styles including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Victorian Eclectic, Neoclassical, Eclectic Romanesque, and Georgian plan houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as mostly occupied, with a good, altered condition and some intrusive modern buildings, mostly post-1930, noted within the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.055416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002388.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002388/8329b73c1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002388/8329b73c1d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quitman_GA_US_84-01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quitman_GA_US_84-01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207129","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quitman_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/brooks-county/quitman-historic-district-82002388/"}