{"nrhp_refnum":"94000543","name":"Moultrie Commercial Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by NE. First Ave., SE. Second Ave., W. First St. and E. Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Moultrie","county":"Colquitt County","state":"GA","lat":31.180701174500058,"lon":-83.78694975438327,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Politics/Government","Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in the center of downtown Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, built around the courthouse square on the site of the town's 1859 settlement. It holds commercial, governmental, institutional, industrial and railroad-related buildings, mostly dating from about 1900 to the late 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for its concentration of brick commercial row buildings and its range of early 20th-century styles. It is also significant in commerce, community planning, politics/government and transportation, reflecting Moultrie's growth as a county seat and trade center after the railroad arrived in 1893.","narrative":"Downtown Moultrie's commercial core is a compact grid of brick storefronts centered on the Colquitt County courthouse square. The settlement began in 1859 at the crossroads of two early roads, and the district includes 61 contributing resources along with a few industrial and railroad-related buildings, such as the depot and People's Warehouse, just beyond the core. Most buildings are one or two stories, with shared party walls and decorative brick cornices. Several freestanding landmarks add variety: the 1902 Neoclassical Revival courthouse, the 1908 Colonial Revival Carnegie Library, the castellated 1915 jail, the 1917 Federal Building, a Beaux Arts bank, and Art Deco buildings including the Colquitt Theater. The district was listed for its architecture and for what it shows about local commerce and transportation. After the railroad arrived in 1893, Moultrie grew into a regional trade center supported by turpentine, lumber, textile and meat packing industries. The surviving buildings still convey that period of growth, which lasted from the turn of the century to the late 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1859-1941","architect_builder":"Courthouse (1902): A. J. Bryan and Company, architect; J. H. Harris and G. W. Milligan, builders. Carnegie Library (1908): T.F. Lockwood, architect; G.W. Milligan, Cement Construction Company, builder. Jail (1915): Southern Structural Steel Company, San Antonio, Texas. Federal Building (1917): James A. Wetmore, Supervising Architect.","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts, Neoclassical Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman/Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Commercial Vernacular Victorian, 20th Century Commercial, Stripped Classical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as a thriving small-town commercial center whose historic integrity remains substantially intact despite alterations to many buildings; there are very few vacant lots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.5283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/94000543.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000543/5108c295e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000543/5108c295e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colquitt_Towers_(SE_corner).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Colquitt_Towers_(SE_corner).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207640","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moultrie_Commercial_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30623243"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/colquitt-county/moultrie-commercial-historic-district-94000543/"}