Monland Place Historic District

Monland Place is a planned residential neighborhood southwest of downtown Monroe, Georgia, laid out in 1906 by Charles Walker and the American Land Company. Seventy-nine lots, mostly 50 by 150 feet, were platted along Alcova Street and Boulevard and sold with covenants requiring a minimum house cost of $1,000 and a 15-foot setback. Monroe had not seen such a planned subdivision before. Most of the roughly 43 buildings are modest one- and two-story frame houses built between 1906 and the 1930s. Many are bungalows with large porches and wide eaves, while others follow pattern-book designs or carry touches of Victorian detailing. Informal lawns, hedgerows and a row of trees along Alcova Street give the area a naturalistic look. The district is significant for architecture, community planning, landscape architecture and local history. It reflects the growth of Monroe's middle class of merchants and professionals during the town's shift to an industrial economy, and its covenants anticipated later land-use controls.