{"nrhp_refnum":"88002021","name":"Athens Warehouse Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Downtown Athens Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Hancock and Thomas Sts., and the RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95943189450003,"lon":-83.37141321393372,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century brick warehouses, commercial buildings and two railroad depots on a sloping hillside east of downtown Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, between the central business district and the Oconee River.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be an intact example of a specialized warehouse district typical of small southern cities, with its industrial and warehouse character largely retained. It is significant in architecture for its plain brick warehouses and depots, in commerce for storage, shipping and wholesale enterprises tied to cotton, and in transportation as a rail center served by the Georgia, Macon and Northern, and Seaboard railroads.","narrative":"Athens Warehouse Historic District occupies a sloping hillside east of downtown Athens, Georgia, running down toward the Oconee River. It holds 25 contributing buildings, mostly one- and two-story brick warehouses built in the early twentieth century, along with a few commercial buildings and two freight depots, the Georgia Railroad Depot and the Seaboard Depot. Two groups of railroad tracks cross the district and leave large open rail yards. The buildings have little ornament, though the Coker Cotton Warehouse has a pedimented brick cornice and drip moldings, and the so-called Potters House has a Greek Revival-inspired porch. The district was recognized as a typical warehouse area of a small Georgia city. It served storage, shipping and wholesale trade, including cotton and fertilizer warehouses and small industries such as a foundry and an oil refinery. Its rail connections, beginning with the Georgia Railroad in 1841, tied Athens to regional trade. The period of significance runs from 1888 to 1926.","period_of_significance":"1888-1926","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century American movements: commercial style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed include warehouse, music facility and manufacturing; the former rail yards remain as open spaces.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.629821-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88002021.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002021/07b96a644b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002021/07b96a644b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sarah White","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athens_Warehouse_District,_Foundry_St..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah White</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:Athens_Warehouse_District,_Foundry_St..JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207416","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34891867"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/athens-warehouse-historic-district-88002021/"}