{"nrhp_refnum":"87001238","name":"Rabinowitz Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203--205 W. Eleventh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alma","county":"Bacon County","state":"GA","lat":31.542938407000065,"lon":-82.46686509199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, flat-roofed brick commercial building at 203-205 West 11th Street in Alma, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia, built in 1915 by local builder Manning Sullivan for William Rabinowitz.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its glazed green and white brick front facade and pressed metal cornice, which set it apart from ordinary small-town storefronts. It is also significant for commerce, as a multi-use building that housed Rabinowitz's dry goods store and other tenants. Its second floor served as Bacon County's first courthouse from 1915 until 1920.","narrative":"Built in 1915 on West 11th Street in Alma, Georgia, this two-story brick commercial building is notable for its glazed green and white brick front, topped by a pressed metal cornice. Local builder Manning Sullivan constructed it for William Rabinowitz, a Jewish immigrant who ran a dry goods store in half of the ground floor until he moved to Atlanta in 1924, and leased out the rest. The large second-floor room served as the first courthouse and county offices for Bacon County, newly formed in 1914, until a permanent courthouse was completed in 1920. Later tenants included a church, a theatre, a dentist, a furniture store and a garment factory. The building is recognized for its architecture, for its role in the commerce of a growing railroad town, and for its link to the early government of Bacon County. Original second-floor features such as the beaded board ceiling, wood floors and chamfered columns survive.","period_of_significance":"1915-1924","architect_builder":"Sullivan, Manning (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The upper windows were temporarily covered with plywood and the first-floor storefronts have been restored. The floor plan shows a video shop and storage on the first floor and a vacant second floor reserved for a historical society when restored.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.245439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001238/117f446c8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001238/117f446c8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MJStauffer12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ATC_2.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">MJStauffer12</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:ATC_2.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206833","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabinowitz_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bacon-county/rabinowitz-building-87001238/"}