{"nrhp_refnum":"89000365","name":"Roberta Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Cruselle St., Kirby St., Agency St., and Mather St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roberta","county":"Crawford County","state":"GA","lat":32.71925197650006,"lon":-84.01083123531257,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 65-acre historic district covering the residential and commercial core of the city of Roberta, Crawford County, Georgia, which began developing in 1888 when the Atlanta and Florida Railroad arrived. It holds 75 contributing resources, mostly buildings, and 18 noncontributing ones.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant in architecture, commerce, community planning and development, and transportation. The town grew directly along the railroad in a cross-axial plan, and its buildings show late 19th and early 20th century styles typical of small rural railroad towns. It is described as locally significant under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Roberta's historic core in Crawford County, Georgia, covers about 65 acres of homes, stores, a school and a church that grew up around the Atlanta and Florida Railroad after it was completed in 1888. Development followed a cross-axial plan, with Wright Avenue facing the tracks and Agency Street, once the road to the Creek Indian Agency, running east-west. The downtown has attached one- and two-story brick stores with corbeled cornices and wooden storefronts, including a general store whose original counters, shelves and scales survive. Surrounding houses are mostly one- and one-and-a-half-story frame buildings in Victorian eclectic, Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles. A 1928 Colonial Revival middle school, a 1926 brick Methodist church and a 1931 granite monument to Col. Benjamin Hawkins add to the setting. The district was listed for its architecture, its commercial history, and its development as a typical Georgia railroad town between 1888 and 1936.","period_of_significance":"1888-1936","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Victorian eclectic), Colonial Revival, Commercial Style, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic functions continue today: single dwellings, businesses, a school, a church, a monument and an active rail line remain in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.707156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89000365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000365/dde0ec4c67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000365/dde0ec4c67-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Theshywillraindeath","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DowntownRoberaGeorgia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Theshywillraindeath</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:DowntownRoberaGeorgia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207705","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49552097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/crawford-county/roberta-historic-district-89000365/"}