Gordon Avenue Historic District

Five large single-family houses line the west side of Gordon Avenue in southern Thomasville, Georgia, on spacious lots with lawns, pine and oak trees, sidewalks and fences. Built between about 1890 and the early 1930s, the wood-framed one-and-a-half and two-story dwellings include two Neoclassical houses with monumental Doric porticos, a large late-Victorian house with a conical-roofed tower and bracketed porch, and two Eclectic houses with Neoclassical and Colonial Revival details. The street, formerly called Wyche Street, was subdivided by the heirs of S. Alex Smith and developed gradually, showing how suburban growth occurred along major roads leading out of town. It was once a favored route for carriages and bicycles. The district is also tied to local history through the homes of a dentist, attorneys, a legislator and a dry goods merchant. Its informal landscaping and level, pine-covered terrain give it a distinctly south Georgia character.