{"nrhp_refnum":"85000860","name":"Gordon Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Gordon Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.82389851350004,"lon":-83.97422397807378,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of five large wood-framed houses on the west side of Gordon Avenue in southern Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, developed between about 1890 and the early 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its late-Victorian, Neoclassical and Eclectic residential architecture, for illustrating incremental suburban growth along a major street leading out of town, and for its informal turn-of-the-century landscaping. It also holds the homes of several influential local businessmen, attorneys and professionals.","narrative":"Five large single-family houses line the west side of Gordon Avenue in southern Thomasville, Georgia, on spacious lots with lawns, pine and oak trees, sidewalks and fences. Built between about 1890 and the early 1930s, the wood-framed one-and-a-half and two-story dwellings include two Neoclassical houses with monumental Doric porticos, a large late-Victorian house with a conical-roofed tower and bracketed porch, and two Eclectic houses with Neoclassical and Colonial Revival details. The street, formerly called Wyche Street, was subdivided by the heirs of S. Alex Smith and developed gradually, showing how suburban growth occurred along major roads leading out of town. It was once a favored route for carriages and bicycles. The district is also tied to local history through the homes of a dentist, attorneys, a legislator and a dry goods merchant. Its informal landscaping and level, pine-covered terrain give it a distinctly south Georgia character.","period_of_significance":"1890-1930","architect_builder":"several","architectural_style":"Late-Victorian, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival and Eclectic","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, privately owned residences in good condition and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.302647-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85000860.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000860/ce4f839ac6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000860/ce4f839ac6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theo_Titus_936_Gordon_Ave.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</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:Theo_Titus_936_Gordon_Ave.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209641","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/gordon-avenue-historic-district-85000860/"}