{"nrhp_refnum":"89001102","name":"Washington Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Lawrence St., Rigsby St., Washington Ave., and Haynes St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marietta","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.95270182550007,"lon":-84.54340430681448,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-10","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 just east of the downtown square in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, covering portions of Washington Avenue and Lawrence, Cole and Alexander Streets. It contains 36 contributing buildings and 1 noncontributing building, dating from the 1830s plan through the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant under criteria A and C. It preserves part of Marietta's original 1835 town plan and shows how middle, upper and working class housing developed. It also holds a range of styles from Greek Revival to Craftsman, and some pre-Civil War buildings survived the 1864 burning.","narrative":"Washington Avenue Historic District is a neighborhood of 19th and early 20th century houses just east of Marietta's downtown square. Washington Avenue and Lawrence Street were among the ten original streets laid out by surveyor James Anderson in 1835, following a Savannah-type plan. Washington Avenue housed merchants, lawyers and local officials, while Lawrence Street held more modest homes of middle and working class families. The district includes an 1860 Greek Revival house at 241 Washington Avenue, the 1887 Schilling-Prosser Queen Anne house, the Classical Revival former Cole Manor, a Craftsman house on Lawrence Street and many vernacular Victorian cottages. Some buildings survived the Civil War, partly because owner Henry Cole supported the Union. Cole later donated land for the national cemetery nearby. Many houses now serve as offices, giving the avenue the name \"Lawyer's Row\". The district was listed for its architecture and its role in the town's planning and development.","period_of_significance":"1835-1938","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival; Late 19th & 20th Century American Movements/Bungalow","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is residential, but many buildings have been rehabilitated as offices, especially law offices along what is now called \"Lawyer's Row\".","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.264428-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89001102.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207614","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49576955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/washington-avenue-historic-district-89001102/"}