East Rome Historic District

East Rome Historic District covers about 60 acres in southeast Rome, Georgia, and preserves the core of the former Town of East Rome, incorporated in 1883 and absorbed into the city in 1906. The East Rome Town Company bought 323 acres across the Etowah River in 1873, laid out streets and built a bridge; the angled line of Second Avenue still marks the link to downtown. The neighborhood mixes houses, small commercial buildings near East 8th Street and Maple Avenue, and early 1930s apartments. Its homes range from Victorian, Queen Anne and Second Empire to Georgian Revival, Craftsman, Bungalow and Period styles, including the Yancey Residence, a Second Empire house in a style relatively rare in Georgia. Rolling terrain, street trees, hedges, stone and brick walls, terraces and sidewalks add to its character. Early residents included merchants, physicians, teachers, railroad workers and Black residents, reflecting a broad cross-section of the community.