{"nrhp_refnum":"97000370","name":"Jackson Hill Historic District","other_names":["Fort Norton","Fort Jackson"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jackson Hill, between GA 53 and the Oostanaula River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rome","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.264432544000044,"lon":-85.16440641233099,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Politics/Government","Military","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A city-owned historic district on two adjoining hills northeast of downtown Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, combining Civil War earthworks (1863-64), a waterworks reservoir and filter plant (1892 to about 1939), and a 1935-37 WPA park with a stone clubhouse.","why_significant":"The district is significant for three unrelated developments sharing one location. The Civil War trenches are unusually intact and were a local initiative rather than a Confederate command project. The waterworks shows civic infrastructure built over decades, and the WPA rustic stonework is a good example of Depression-era recreation projects.","narrative":"Jackson Hill Historic District occupies two adjoining wooded hills northeast of downtown Rome, Georgia, the higher rising 809 feet above sea level. Three separate layers of history share the site. In 1863-64, local citizens dug earthen fortifications here as part of Rome's defenses, and many trenches remain largely undisturbed. From 1892 into the late 1930s the city built a reservoir, brick filter building and chemical feed house as part of its second waterworks system. In 1935-37 Works Progress Administration crews added a rustic stone community clubhouse, winding roads, stone bridges, an amphitheater, walls and an Irish rock garden, with stonework supervised by master mason Antonio J. Cescutti. The filter plant closed in 1940 and the reservoir in 1967, and park use ended in the late 1960s. The district was recognized for its military, engineering, architectural, recreational and governmental importance, and the clubhouse remains in social use.","period_of_significance":"1863-1946","architect_builder":"James F. Lalor, J.W. Green, and William Ludlow-Military Engineers; L.J. Wagner-City Engineer; Robert & Company-Engineering and Architectural Firm; New York Filter Manufacturing Company; Ledbetter-Johnson; Antonio J. Cescutti-Stone Mason","architectural_style":"OTHER/Rustic; OTHER/Functional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The filter plant was abandoned in 1940 and the reservoir in 1967. The park use ended in the late 1960s and many scenic drives are overgrown. The clubhouse remains in social use, and the chemical feed house has boarded openings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.790429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97000370.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000370/28f07a56b7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000370/28f07a56b7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JosephABrock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Hill_Canons_MG_1700.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JosephABrock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Hill_Canons_MG_1700.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207992","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141758205"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/jackson-hill-historic-district-97000370/"}