North Wall Street Historic District

This one-block commercial district in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, faces the railroad tracks and the former public square. It contains 13 contributing buildings: attached brick storefronts built from about 1905 into the 1930s, a freestanding brick warehouse that began as a livery stable, a 1930 Stripped Classical former Chevrolet dealership, the 1924 Renaissance Revival Grand Theater, and the wood-framed Ross Diner, remodeled in 1947 and still holding its original lunch counter. Earlier maps show the block holding liveries, a mule corral, groceries, a blacksmith and other trades before fire and rebuilding in the 1900s and 1920s. The district is significant for its representative commercial row buildings, its range of early twentieth-century styles, and its long record of local business. The livery warehouse, with its open interior and dirt and wood floor, is a rare survivor. The change from stables to a car dealership and filling station reflects the rise of the automobile.