{"nrhp_refnum":"94001071","name":"North Erwin Street Historic District","other_names":["See also:Bartow County Courthouse","Sam Jones  Memorial Method"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of N. Erwin and Cherokee Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cartersville","county":"Bartow County","state":"GA","lat":34.16601197400007,"lon":-84.79725387399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A downtown historic district in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, covering about 7 acres around North Erwin and Cherokee Streets. It has six contributing buildings, one contributing Confederate monument and one noncontributing building, dating from 1902 to 1940.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for good examples of early 20th century public building styles and for intact community landmark and commercial building types. It is also significant in government and politics, because the county, federal and city governments are each represented, and in religion, through two long-established churches. Many buildings were designed by locally and regionally prominent architects.","narrative":"Clustered around the intersection of North Erwin and Cherokee Streets in downtown Cartersville, this small district holds six historic buildings and a Confederate monument that reflect the growth of a Georgia county seat in the early twentieth century. The 1902 Bartow County Courthouse, with its Corinthian portico and gilded dome, anchors the group. Nearby are the 1914-15 Italian Renaissance Revival post office with marble arches, the 1916 city hall and fire station, the 1904-05 Romanesque Revival First Baptist Church, the 1906 Sam Jones Memorial Methodist Church, and a 1940 telephone office designed to resemble a house. The district was listed for its architecture, much of it by prominent Atlanta and regional designers, and for its role in county, federal and city government and in the town's religious life. The Methodist church was named in memory of evangelist Sam P. Jones, who died during its construction in 1906. A 1947 dental office is the only noncontributing building.","period_of_significance":"1902-1940","architect_builder":"Bartow County Courthouse: Kenneth McDonald & Company and J.W. Golucke & Company (contractor Fred Wagner); Sam Jones Memorial Methodist Church: Walter T. Downing (architect), Eugene W. Smith (contractor); First Baptist Church: J.W. Golucke; former City Hall: R.W. and E.W. Smith (contractors); former U.S. Post Office: John W. Emery and Oscar Wenderoth","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque; Colonial Revival; Classical Revival; Italian Renaissance","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Buildings remain in use: the courthouse, the former post office and former Southern Bell office house government offices, the former City Hall houses the Fire Department, and both churches and a medical office remain in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.460449-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/94001071.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000904","name":"Cartersville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/cartersville-downtown-historic-district-14000904/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205846","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bartow-county/north-erwin-street-historic-district-94001071/"}