{"nrhp_refnum":"89000801","name":"North Harris Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by First Ave., Washington Ave., E. McCarty St., N. Harris St., Malone St., and Warthen St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandersville","county":"Washington County","state":"GA","lat":32.98815956750005,"lon":-82.81034830929312,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district immediately north of the downtown commercial center of Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, along North Harris, Warthen and McCarty Streets and Washington Avenue. It contains 88 contributing and 12 noncontributing resources, and development began in 1830.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its intact collection of houses in many sizes and styles, from Greek Revival cottages to Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Craftsman and Colonial Revival homes. It also shows a typical small-city pattern of large land lots being subdivided into smaller ones. It was home to many of Sandersville's prominent merchants, doctors, architects and politicians, and it includes work by architects Charles E. Choate and Ellamae League.","narrative":"North Harris Street and its neighboring streets form a residential district just north of downtown Sandersville, Georgia. Development began in 1830, when Dr. Nathaniel Harris built the first permanent house on North Harris Street, and continued until about 1940. Most of the 88 contributing buildings are one- and two-story frame houses built between 1880 and 1930. They range from a few pre-Civil War Greek Revival homes to Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Craftsman and Colonial Revival designs, with modest L-shaped and double-pen cottages on the outer streets. Architect Charles E. Choate designed or remodeled many homes around 1900, and his niece Ellamae League designed the 1939 Leonard House. The district was home to many of the city's merchants, doctors and politicians. Its layout shows how large lots were sold off and subdivided over time, creating McCarty Street and Washington Avenue. Many North Harris houses now serve as offices, while the area keeps its mature street trees and Victorian character.","period_of_significance":"1830-1940","architect_builder":"Charles E. Choate; Ellamae League","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival/Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still largely residential; some dwellings, particularly on North Harris Street, are used as offices, and several historic buildings have been rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.120367-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89000801.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Harris_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30623147"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/washington-county/north-harris-street-historic-district-89000801/"}