{"nrhp_refnum":"85000852","name":"Milledge Avenue Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Albin P. Dearing House","Thomas-Carithers House","Dr. J"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Milledge Ave. from Broad St. to Five Points","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.947000335500036,"lon":-83.38743242924272,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 60 acres along both sides of Milledge Avenue between Broad Street and Five Points in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. It holds large houses dating from the 1850s through the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant for architecture, community planning and development, transportation, and local history. It preserves a collection of mid-19th to early 20th-century houses in many styles. It shows how a principal city street developed after large estates were subdivided and streetcars arrived, and it contains the homes of prominent Athens citizens.","narrative":"Milledge Avenue has been a principal street in Athens since the early 1830s, and its intact residential stretch between Broad Street and Five Points forms a district of about 60 acres. The houses are mostly two stories, large in scale, and built of wood or brick. They illustrate Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Foursquare and Craftsman styles. Notable examples include the 1856 Albin P. Dearing House, a brick Greek Revival home with a peripteral colonnade, and the 1895 Fleming-Wilkins House, a wood-framed Queen Anne residence. The avenue is named for Governor John Milledge, who donated land for the University of Georgia. It grew after the Georgia Railroad arrived in the 1840s and became a streetcar route in the mid-1890s. Large estates were gradually subdivided, and more modest houses followed in the 1920s and 1930s. Residents included a cotton factor, a professor, a jeweler, a physician and a judge who also served in Congress. Mature oaks and other trees line the street.","period_of_significance":"1850s - 1930s","architect_builder":"Several; W. W. Thomas is credited with designing the houses at 398 and 530 S. Milledge","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Victorian Eclectic, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, American Foursquare, Craftsman/Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in good condition. Mostly private residences, with some commercial and educational use. Several houses serve as University of Georgia sorority and fraternity residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.958344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85000852.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000852/5531123376-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000852/5531123376-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:600_Block_of_Milledge_Avenue,_photographer_facing_south.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:600_Block_of_Milledge_Avenue,_photographer_facing_south.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207478","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49526519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/milledge-avenue-historic-district-85000852/"}