{"nrhp_refnum":"89001218","name":"Whitlock Avenue Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Northwest Marietta Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by McCord St., Oakmont St., Whitlock Ave., Powder Springs Rd., Trammel St., Maxwell Ave., and Hazel St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marietta","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.95399322700004,"lon":-84.55718258928692,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district along Whitlock Avenue on the west side of Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, containing 116 contributing and 27 noncontributing buildings. It grew from antebellum plantations and farms along the old Dallas Road.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance in architecture, community planning and development, and politics and government. It holds a wide range of houses from antebellum Greek Revival mansions to 1930s bungalows, including works by Neel Reid and G. L. Norrman. It shows how large estates were repeatedly subdivided into a mixed neighborhood, and it was home to Marietta's first mayor and two Georgia governors.","narrative":"Whitlock Avenue Historic District is a residential neighborhood on the west side of Marietta, Georgia, made up of 116 contributing buildings. It developed along the old Dallas Road, which linked the county seats of Marietta and Dallas, as large antebellum plantations and farms were divided and subdivided over about a century and a half. Antebellum mansions, Victorian town houses and small working-class homes sit close together, and the styles range from Greek Revival and Italianate to Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial and Craftsman. Neel Reid and G. L. Norrman designed two notable houses here. The district was listed for its architecture, for its pattern of community growth from estates into mixed neighborhoods, and for its political history. Residents included Marietta's first mayor, John Hayward Glover, and Governors Charles J. McDonald and Joseph Mackey Brown. The period of significance runs from 1833 to 1939. Old trees and remnants of formal gardens add to the setting.","period_of_significance":"1833-1939","architect_builder":"Reid, Neel; Norrman, Gottried L.","architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial, Classic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is still domestic, with single dwellings and secondary structures.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.476873-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89001218.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75000586","name":"Northwest Marietta Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/northwest-marietta-historic-district-75000586/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitlock_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7996588"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/whitlock-avenue-historic-district-89001218/"}