{"nrhp_refnum":"87001907","name":"Bainbridge Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Calhoun, Scott, Evans, College, & Washington Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bainbridge","county":"Decatur County","state":"GA","lat":30.904128683500034,"lon":-84.57381250092497,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 125-acre residential historic district east and south of the central business district in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, containing 19th- and early 20th-century houses and two churches, most built between about 1880 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its varied collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture, including two 1850s houses and examples ranging from simple carpenter versions to high-style designs on Shotwell Street. It is also significant as a good example of an 'evolved' historic neighborhood in Georgia, and as the largest and possibly the only intact historic neighborhood in Bainbridge.","narrative":"This 125-acre neighborhood east and south of downtown Bainbridge, in southwest Georgia, holds the largest intact collection of historic houses in the city. Most of its 197 contributing buildings went up between about 1880 and 1930, when separate subdivisions merged into one varied neighborhood. Two houses from the 1850s, the Farrar House and the Harrel House, represent the town's antebellum years. Styles include Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, Craftsman bungalow, and American Foursquare, with simple pyramidal-roofed cottages along Washington Street and Georgia Avenue. Shotwell Street, the widest avenue, carries the grandest residences and two prominent churches: First Baptist, with a dome modeled on Monticello, and First United Methodist, a Romanesque Revival building with a bell tower. The district was listed for its architecture and as a good example of an evolved neighborhood that grew piecemeal from the town's original grid, with a mix of house sizes, types, and periods.","period_of_significance":"1850-1930","architect_builder":"Several","architectural_style":"Victorian Eclectic (Eastlake and Stick-style detailing), Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Craftsman/Bungalow, Georgian Revival, Dutch Colonial, American Foursquare, Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mostly occupied private residences and two religious buildings; 197 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure and 76 noncontributing buildings, with a modern post office as the major intrusion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.330126-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001907.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001907/830e273368-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001907/830e273368-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Beverly Crawford","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Bainbridge,_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beverly Crawford</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:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Bainbridge,_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207724","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Residential_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29094292"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/decatur-county/bainbridge-residential-historic-district-87001907/"}