{"nrhp_refnum":"90000802","name":"Harrisburg-West End Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Harris-Pearson-Walker House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 15th St., Walton Way, Heard Ave., Milledge Rd., and the Augusta Canal","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.485091642500066,"lon":-81.9981246218319,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, made up of modest houses, neighborhood stores, churches and schools built from the 1830s through the 1930s, with the c. 1797 Ezekiel Harris House as its earliest building. It is split into two sections by the Calhoun Expressway.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a very intact residential area that grew west of downtown Augusta from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. It reflects the growth of the village of Harrisburg, the West End suburb and mill housing tied to the Sibley and King Mills. It is significant for architecture, community planning and development, and industry/social history.","narrative":"Harrisburg-West End is a large neighborhood in Augusta, Georgia, west of downtown and south of the Augusta Canal. It contains about 1,187 contributing buildings and sites, mostly modest one-story wooden houses built between the 1880s and 1930s. The area began as the village of Harrisburg around the c. 1797 Ezekiel Harris House, then grew as a suburb called West End. It expanded further when the Sibley and King textile mills opened along the canal in the 1880s and built housing for workers, including shotgun houses, duplexes and brick apartment buildings. Folk Victorian trim, Craftsman details and Queen Anne houses appear, along with the locally documented \"Augusta door.\" Corner stores, churches and three early schools served residents. The Calhoun Expressway, built around 1970, divided the district into two parts and removed much of the former Rollersville community. The area was listed for its intact historic character, its architecture, its planned development and its link to mill-town industry and social history.","period_of_significance":"1797-1940","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Folk Victorian, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Late Gothic Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic functions continue today: houses, multiple dwellings, specialty stores, schools, a cemetery and churches. The Calhoun Expressway, built around 1970, cuts through the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.231396-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/90000802.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000802/a21bb69142-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000802/a21bb69142-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_side_of_Fenwick_St,_from_Tuttle_St_(2).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:South_side_of_Fenwick_St,_from_Tuttle_St_(2).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209375","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49498348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/harrisburg-west-end-historic-district-90000802/"}