{"nrhp_refnum":"89000294","name":"South Main-South Lee Streets Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Magnolia St., S. Main St., Roanoke Dr., and S. Lee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fitzgerald","county":"Ben Hill County","state":"GA","lat":31.70913581800005,"lon":-83.25499361686232,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 20 blocks along South Main and South Lee Streets in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, developed from 1895 to 1928 within the city's planned grid. It holds 127 contributing buildings plus a landscaped median and the street plan.","why_significant":"The district is significant for architecture, as a well-preserved collection of turn-of-the-century houses and churches, including many built of locally made granitoid concrete block. It is significant for community planning as part of the grid-plan colony for Union veterans laid out in 1895. It is also significant for landscape architecture, notably the tree-lined median on South Main Street and locally made hexagonal sidewalk pavers.","narrative":"South Main and South Lee Streets in Fitzgerald, Georgia, form a residential district of roughly 20 blocks built between about 1897 and 1928. Fitzgerald was surveyed in 1895 as a colony for Union veterans and their families, and this area, in the city's fourth ward, followed the town's four-square grid of 60-foot streets and 20-foot alleys. South Main, 120 feet wide with a landscaped median, was known locally as \"silk stocking row\" for its larger homes. The 127 contributing buildings include Queen Anne, Neoclassical Revival, Craftsman/Bungalow, Prairie and Victorian Eclectic houses, along with many T- and L-plan folk Victorian dwellings. A distinctive feature is granitoid, a rusticated hollow concrete block made locally, used for houses and for the 1906 First Christian Church. Live oaks, magnolias and hexagonal granitoid sidewalk pavers add to the district's character. It was listed for its architecture, planning and landscape.","period_of_significance":"1895-1928","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Classical Revival; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Prairie","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions include single dwellings, religious structures and some business use. The form describes the neighborhood as cohesive and well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.921355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89000294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000294/ab356e87db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000294/ab356e87db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harris_House,_Fitzgerald,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</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:Harris_House,_Fitzgerald,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206970","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141703906"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/ben-hill-county/south-main-south-lee-streets-historic-district-89000294/"}