{"nrhp_refnum":"87001360","name":"Oglethorpe Avenue Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Carnegie Library Building"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Oglethorpe Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.964261864000036,"lon":-83.40642302068495,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, centered on tree-shaded Oglethorpe Avenue. It combines turn-of-the-century residences to the south with the former State Normal School campus (now a Navy Supply Corps School) to the north, and covers about 41 acres.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for its Victorian eclectic, Craftsman and Bungalow houses and for the Neoclassical campus buildings designed by known architects. It is significant in education as the site of the State Normal School, established in 1891 as the second of four Georgia normal schools to train and license teachers. The nomination cites Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Oglethorpe Avenue in Athens, Georgia, is a curving, tree-shaded street lined with one- and two-story houses from around 1900, in Victorian eclectic, Craftsman and Bungalow styles. To the north lies the former State Normal School campus, now a Navy supply school, with Neoclassical brick buildings set among lawns, oaks and brick entrance posts. The school opened under state authority in 1891 as the second of four Georgia normal schools, created to train new teachers and improve the skills of working ones. Surviving campus buildings include Winnie Davis Hall (1902), Rhodes Hall (1906), the Carnegie Library (1910), and Miller and Pound Halls (1917), designed by architects from Augusta, Atlanta, New York and West Virginia. The district was listed for its educational role and its range of architecture. It also preserves the homes of Athens business and civic figures, a historic brick service station now used as a bakery, and 44 contributing buildings.","period_of_significance":"1891-1932","architect_builder":"Haralson Bleckley (Rhodes Hall); Charles E. Choate (Winnie Davis Hall); Ludlow and Peabody, Charles S. Peabody (Carnegie Library); A.F. Wysong (Miller Hall and Pound Hall)","architectural_style":"Victorian eclectic, Neoclassical, Bungalow, Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied; the campus is used by the U.S. Navy, the houses are largely private residences, and the former service station has been reused as a bakery. Miller Hall was undergoing rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.916039-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001360/80f5889331-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001360/80f5889331-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:327_and_347_Oglethorpe_Ave,_c._1890_%26_1930_respectively.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:327_and_347_Oglethorpe_Ave,_c._1890_%26_1930_respectively.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207488","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49534760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/oglethorpe-avenue-historic-district-87001360/"}