{"nrhp_refnum":"84001220","name":"Plains Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Buena Vista Rd., Hospital, Clark, Main, Thomas, Paschal, and Bond Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plains","county":"Sumter County","state":"GA","lat":32.035569446500034,"lon":-84.39469887065914,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 78 acres in the central and northwest parts of Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, made up of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commercial, residential, institutional and church buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Plains as a good example of a small southwest Georgia town from the late 1800s and early 1900s. It is significant for architecture, commerce, medicine, transportation, and community planning and development. Key elements are the intact brick commercial strip, the 1898 railroad depot that spurred growth, and the 1920-21 Wise Clinic.","narrative":"Plains, Georgia, grew up along an east-west railroad line in a sparsely settled part of Sumter County, and its historic district preserves that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century town. A strip of eight one- and two-story brick commercial buildings with metal awnings faces the tracks, near the board-and-batten depot built in 1898. Residential streets include Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Late Victorian and Bungalow/Craftsman houses. Institutional buildings include the Classical Revival Plains High School and the Wise Clinic of 1920-21, founded by three brothers who were doctors. It was an accredited small-town hospital with a nurses' training school. Churches include the stone Saint Andrews Lutheran Church, the Gothic-style wood-frame Baptist church and the Methodist church. The district was recognized for its architecture, its role as a commercial center for parts of Sumter and Webster counties, its medical history, and the way the railroad shaped the town's growth and layout.","period_of_significance":"late-19th/early-20th century","architect_builder":"Multiple","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Late Victorian, Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, with commercial, private residence and religious uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.539538-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001220.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001220/01b84fe66f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001220/01b84fe66f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PLAINS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:PLAINS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209534","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49543759"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/sumter-county/plains-historic-district-84001220/"}