Brunswick Old Town Historic District

Old Town Brunswick is a roughly 399-acre district in Glynn County, Georgia, built on a town plan laid out in 1771. The plan uses a regular grid divided into wards and squares, much like Savannah's, and still carries its original colonial street names. Shaded streets, hexagonal paving stones and frame houses with porches, brackets and scroll saw work give the area its character. Most of the buildings date from the late 19th century, when lumber shipping and new railroads drew growth to the port. After a major fire in 1885 the population doubled in three years, and brick and tabby commercial buildings went up along New Castle Street. Architects A. S. Eichberg and J. A. Wood designed notable works here, including the Old City Hall and the Mahoney House. Churches range from Gothic to Moorish in style. Urban Renewal cleared the riverfront in 1974, but the plan and much of the neighborhood survive, and many houses are being restored.