{"nrhp_refnum":"82002411","name":"Elberton Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Elbert, Oliver, Adams, Thomas, Edwards, and Heard Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elberton","county":"Elbert County","state":"GA","lat":34.108793109500056,"lon":-82.86515512464175,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 110-acre in-town residential historic district in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, south and southeast of the central business district. It holds houses dating from the early nineteenth century to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architecture, landscape architecture, community planning and development, and local history. It has good examples of local interpretations of national styles, tree-shaded streets and informal front yards, and a cohesive middle-class neighborhood that grew from the town's founding through the Great Depression. It was also home to many of Elberton's business, professional, social and political leaders.","narrative":"South and southeast of Elberton's central business district lies a neighborhood of about 110 acres made up of nineteenth and early twentieth century houses. Most are detached single-family homes, ranging from one-story cottages to two-story mansions, mainly wood-framed and weatherboarded. Styles run from Greek Revival and Gothic Revival through Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman. Locally quarried granite appears widely in foundations, and one house, built around 1915 on Heard Street, is built entirely of granite blocks. The district was recognized for its architecture, its tree-lined streets and informally landscaped yards, and its pattern of gradual growth after Elberton became the county seat in 1803. Development came in two surges: early in the nineteenth century, and again after the railroad arrived and the granite industry grew. The larger, older houses sit on principal streets, with smaller, newer ones on secondary streets. Many residents were the town's business, professional and political leaders. Few modern intrusions disturb its cohesive character.","period_of_significance":"Early 19th-early 20th century","architect_builder":"Multiple","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Eclectic, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as an intact neighborhood in good condition, occupied, with few intrusions such as mid-twentieth-century ranch houses, a modern library, a mobile home and some commercial buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.180864-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002411/f3cc8e8d96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002411/f3cc8e8d96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hicks_Funeral_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:Hicks_Funeral_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207937","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49486288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/elbert-county/elberton-residential-historic-district-82002411/"}