Carrollton Downtown Historic District

Carrollton's downtown core grew around Adamson Square, laid out in 1829 when the town became the Carroll County seat. The district holds one- and two-story brick storefronts built from the 1870s onward, set flush with the sidewalk and decorated with brick cornices, arched upper windows and large display windows. Around them sit community landmarks: Romanesque Revival Presbyterian and First Baptist churches, a Classical Revival Methodist church, the 1914 city hall, the 1914 post office, a former school designed by Neil Reid, and the 1928 courthouse by William J.J. Chase, placed two blocks from the square. Industrial and farm-supply buildings, a Coca-Cola bottling office, an early gas station and a doctor's Craftsman house add variety. The district was recognized for its architecture, its role as the commercial center of the county, and its intact town plan, which blends two Georgia county seat layouts. Its period of significance runs from 1829 to 1956.