{"nrhp_refnum":"83003603","name":"Baconton Commercial Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E. Walton and E. Durham Sts., N. Railroad and S. Railroad Aves., and GA 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Baconton","county":"Mitchell County","state":"GA","lat":31.375854542500065,"lon":-84.161212991948,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district of about 10 acres in the center of Baconton, Mitchell County, Georgia, beside the railroad tracks, with roughly 12 properties, mostly brick buildings erected ca. 1900-1919.","why_significant":"The district was the center of business, commerce and agri-business, especially pecan processing, for Baconton and the surrounding area. Its brick commercial row buildings with cast iron storefronts and corbelling are typical of early twentieth century commercial architecture in Southwest Georgia.","narrative":"Baconton's commercial district sits in the middle of town beside the north-south railroad tracks. The town began in 1869-1870 when the railroad arrived, and its first wooden business houses were gradually replaced by brick buildings beginning in 1902 with Jackson Supply Company's two-story store on Walton Street. Adjoining one- and two-story brick stores along Walton and North Railroad Streets share a contiguous sidewalk beneath metal awnings, and they display brick corbelling, arched windows and cast iron storefronts. The district also includes a large brick warehouse, the Bacon and Jackson pecan cracking plant of 1919, a former hotel and a bookkeeper's house, both now residences. It was listed for its role in agriculture, architecture and commerce: pecans have been shelled, stored, processed and sold here since at least 1919, and the district once held stores, banks, a post office and doctors' offices. Some storefronts are now empty, and the depot was demolished in the 1970s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder probably Thomas Jefferson Glausier; W.J. Mullins was also a contractor in town","architectural_style":"Early twentieth century commercial architecture typical of South Georgia towns","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition fair: structurally sound but in need of cosmetic repair and routine maintenance. Partly used in its original commercial capacities, with several empty store buildings; the former hotel and bookkeeper's house are single family residences.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.346719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83003603.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003603/d023e2fb39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003603/d023e2fb39-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baconton_Commercial_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Baconton_Commercial_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206372","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baconton_Commercial_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29095040"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/mitchell-county/baconton-commercial-historic-district-83003603/"}