{"nrhp_refnum":"82002400","name":"Cole Town District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Washington, Thompson, and Davis Sts., and Hooligan Alley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newnan","county":"Coweta County","state":"GA","lat":33.37301428850006,"lon":-84.7935314793013,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cole Town is a largely residential historic district of about 54 acres east of downtown Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. It holds about 80 single-family houses from the mid nineteenth to early twentieth century, plus an industrial complex and a concrete bridge.","why_significant":"The district shows how a residential neighborhood grew around a major local industry, the R.D. Cole Company (founded 1854), under the influence of the Cole family. It is also significant for its residential and industrial architecture, including houses by Leila Ross Wilburn and Edward E. Dougherty, an unusual concrete-framed house, and an early concrete bridge. Its landscaping and the archaeological potential of the original Cole plant site add to its significance.","narrative":"Cole Town is a neighborhood east of Newnan's business district that grew up around the R.D. Cole Company, a woodworking and machinery firm founded in 1854. The district covers about 54 acres and holds roughly 80 houses built from the mid nineteenth to the early twentieth century, ranging from mansions to shotgun houses. Most are wood-framed, many with sawn and turned detailing, and nearly every major American style of the period appears. Most land and houses were controlled or built by the Cole family for relatives and company associates, and the area housed workers, managers, officers and founders. Notable features include houses designed by Leila Ross Wilburn and Edward E. Dougherty, a brick-veneered concrete-framed house, a mid-1880s brick and timber factory, an early 1930s steel-framed factory, and an early concrete bridge on Salbide Avenue. Informal yards and street trees add to the setting. The site of the original Cole plant may also hold archaeological information.","period_of_significance":"Mid 19th century-early 20th century","architect_builder":"R.D. Cole Company","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Victorian Gothic, Victorian Eclectic, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Georgian Revival, Prairie, Craftsman/Bungalow, and Tudor","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Marked as occupied and in private residential, commercial, and industrial use at the time of nomination; the original mid-19th-century woodworking factory has been demolished, and the later complex is now Brown Steel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.155658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002400.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002400/f7c1c13caf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002400/f7c1c13caf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Robert Coakley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cole_Town_House_1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Coakley</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:Cole_Town_House_1.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207655","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141743987"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/coweta-county/cole-town-district-82002400/"}