{"nrhp_refnum":"97000813","name":"Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District","other_names":["Garden Historic District","South Victorian Historic District","A"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Anderson Ln., 42nd St., Victory Dr., E. Broad St., and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Savannah","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.05709795000004,"lon":-81.09831470482979,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Transportation","Black","Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A streetcar suburb district in southwestern Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, bounded roughly by Anderson Lane, 42nd Street and Victory Drive, East Broad Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. It holds 1,114 contributing resources, mostly houses, built from about 1799 to the 1940s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues statewide significance in architecture, community planning and development, commerce, African American ethnic heritage, transportation and landscape architecture. It cites an intact mix of residential, commercial and community buildings, the influence of the 1888 electrified streetcar line on development, and the Georgia Infirmary, an early African-American hospital.","narrative":"This neighborhood south of Savannah's Victorian district grew as a streetcar suburb after the city extended its limits to 42nd Street in 1883 and the streetcar lines were electrified in 1888. Its streets follow a grid and include tree-lined blocks, landscaped medians, brick-paved sections and Thomas Square park. The district contains 1,114 contributing resources, mainly single- and multiple-family houses in styles such as Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Italianate and Craftsman, along with corner stores, former rail buildings, churches, schools and a Carnegie-funded library. Its oldest building is the Drouillard-Maupas House, built about 1799. The Georgia Infirmary, rebuilt in 1871, links the area to African-American history. Residential construction peaked between 1890 and 1920. The nomination argues statewide significance in architecture, planning, commerce, transportation, landscape architecture and African-American heritage, covering the years from about 1799 to 1947, though it warns that historic buildings are being lost.","period_of_significance":"C. 1799 to 1947","architect_builder":"Henry Urban; Henrik Wallin; Hyman Witcover","architectural_style":"Mixed: Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Prairie School, Craftsman, Folk Victorian, Bungalow, Shotgun and other vernacular types","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as having a high level of historic integrity but losing historic building stock to economic pressures; the Little Sisters of the Poor building is being rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.168107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97000813.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207361","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134427353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/thomas-square-streetcar-historic-district-97000813/"}