Summerville Historic District

Summerville is a suburban neighborhood of about eighty city blocks on a slight rise west of downtown Augusta, Georgia. Its houses date from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and include Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Neo-Classical, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow examples, along with early Sand Hills cottages. Development spread outward from the corner of Milledge Road and Walton Way, where antebellum summer houses and large early-twentieth-century winter homes stand. The campus of Augusta College is centered on the quadrangle of a former United States arsenal. Three boulevards with planted medians, tree-lined streets, informal yards and consistent setbacks give the area a park-like character. Intrusions are limited mainly to condominiums, offices, gas stations and newer campus buildings, concentrated along Wrightsboro Road and Central Avenue. The district was listed for its cohesive collection of historic residential architecture and landscape.