North Covington Historic District

North Covington is a small, mostly residential neighborhood northwest of downtown Covington, Georgia, once known as Midway because it lay between Covington and Oxford. It grew up around the Georgia Railroad, which arrived in 1844, and a depot first built in the 1850s. The district holds 47 contributing resources, including the c.1855 Greek Revival Zachery-Echols House, the oldest house, along with Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Craftsman and Minimal Traditional homes. Near the tracks stand the 1885 brick depot and two brick cotton warehouses from about 1900 and 1920. The 1889 brick church shows High Victorian Eclectic styling with Gothic Revival and Queen Anne details. The area became an agri-industrial center for cotton processing, and an 1888 mule-drawn streetcar line to downtown Covington encouraged more housing. Its intact buildings and its role in the town's rail and cotton economy supported its listing for transportation history and architecture, with a period of significance of c.1844 to 1950.