Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Big Spring Park in Cedartown, Georgia, ties together two community landmarks: a municipal waterworks and a women's clubhouse. The brick waterworks, built in 1892 over a spring the city bought in 1853, has a three-part plan and Romanesque Revival details such as brick pilasters and a corbel table. It once pumped water and generated electricity for the town, and it still supplies the city's water. At the west end, the one-story Woman's Building of local fieldstone was built in 1935-1936 with Works Progress Administration support. Atlanta architect Odis Clay Poundstone designed it in the Colonial Revival style for the Cedartown Federated Woman's Club, and it still serves as a meeting place. Between them lies the park, landscaped from 1930 to 1934 by the Cedar Valley Garden Club, with a stone overflow channel, a low-arched bridge, benches and walkways. The district was recognized for architecture, landscape design, public works, recreation and women's history.
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| Period of significance | 1892-1950 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Late Victorian/Romanesque Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government, Entertainment/Recreation, Other |
| Acreage | 2.2 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.