{"nrhp_refnum":"94000718","name":"Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"119 Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tennille","county":"Washington County","state":"GA","lat":32.934992022000074,"lon":-82.81261828599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick office building at 119 Central Avenue in downtown Tennille, Washington County, Georgia, completed in 1903 as the headquarters of the Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad. It was designed by architect Charles E. Choate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent example of Beaux Arts architecture applied to a small-town office building and the only example of that style among Choate's work in Washington County. Its height, ornament and freestanding corner location make it a downtown landmark. It also has ties to the area's railroad-driven economic history.","narrative":"Completed in 1903, this two-story brick building at 119 Central Avenue in Tennille served as the operational headquarters of the Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad, a short line linking Tennille through Wrightsville to the Central of Georgia Railroad at Dublin. Architect Charles E. Choate designed it, apparently with drawing help from draftsman Cyril B. Smith. Its multicolored beige and red brick facade features paneled pilasters, stone quoins, dentil molding and a stone balustrade along the cornice. Inside, a central hall, beaded wainscoting, bull's-eye door molding and a vault marked with the railroad's name survive. It is the only Beaux Arts design among Choate's Washington County work, most of which was houses. The railroad left for Dublin by the mid-1920s. The building later housed a temporary school, an American Legion post and a family, then storage, and has since been converted to a home. It was listed for its architectural merit as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"Charles E. Choate, architect; Cyril B. Smith, architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted into a home after earlier use as a railroad office, temporary school, American Legion meeting place and storage; currently used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.004726-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/94000718.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000718/df1f099917-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000718/df1f099917-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wrightsville_%26_Tennille_Railroad_Company_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Wrightsville_%26_Tennille_Railroad_Company_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206714","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightsville_and_Tennille_Railroad_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16999462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/washington-county/wrightsville-and-tennille-railroad-company-building-94000718/"}