{"nrhp_refnum":"84001154","name":"Colbert Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 4th and 5th Sts., 4th and 8th Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colbert","county":"Madison County","state":"GA","lat":34.03577601150005,"lon":-83.21021330480671,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 46-acre historic district covering the intact historic core of Colbert, a small railroad town in rural Madison County, Georgia, about ten miles east of Athens. It includes a commercial block, depot, hotel, houses and a farm, mostly dating from the 1890s to the 1920s.","why_significant":"Colbert is presented as a good representative of Georgia's small, turn-of-the-century Piedmont railroad towns, developed after the railroad arrived in 1892 and before the boll weevil ended the local cotton economy. It retains intact examples of the depot, hotel, stores, homes and farm that illustrate how the town grew. It is significant for architecture, commerce, community planning, transportation and local history.","narrative":"Colbert is a small railroad town in rural Madison County, Georgia, about ten miles east of Athens. Its historic district preserves the town's core, laid out as a gridiron at right angles to the railroad tracks. The area includes a row of five brick commercial buildings, an 1892 wood-framed depot, the 1892 Glenn Hotel, small warehouses, a livery stable, and a residential neighborhood of mostly one-story late-Victorian cottages. Notable homes include the mid-nineteenth-century Hardman house, the Neoclassical Hampton house of 1906, and the Gaulding farmhouse known as Twelve Oaks, with its commissary. Most buildings date from the 1890s to the 1920s, a period that began with the railroad's arrival in 1892 and ended when the boll weevil damaged the cotton economy. Together, these buildings show how commerce, transportation, housing and farming fit together in a Piedmont railroad town. The district was recognized for its architecture, planning, commerce, transportation and ties to local leaders.","period_of_significance":"1890s - 1920s","architect_builder":"Multiple builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian cottages, with a Neoclassical house (Hampton house, 1906) and a plain-style house","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as a mix of occupied properties in good to fair condition, with few non-contributing buildings such as a new post office, relocated structures, and non-historic houses and mobile homes.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.285523-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001154/6d076288ad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001154/6d076288ad-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"A P Wood","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abandoned_building_in_the_Colbert_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">A P Wood</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:Abandoned_building_in_the_Colbert_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208879","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55607877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/madison-county/colbert-historic-district-84001154/"}