Tifton Residential Historic District

Tifton's residential historic district covers the neighborhoods north and northwest of downtown, platted on a grid around 1888-1890 from land owned by town founder Henry Harding Tift. Blocks were divided into 100-by-200-foot lots with rear lanes, and the streets are an unusually wide 90 feet. The district holds 628 contributing resources, mostly houses built from the late 1880s to the early 1950s. Queen Anne houses with corner turrets stand near the oldest blocks on Love Avenue, while Craftsman bungalows are the most common style. Folk Victorian, Neoclassical and Colonial Revival, English Vernacular Revival, Prairie-influenced, American Small House and ranch examples also appear. Landmarks include several churches, the former high school and junior high school, a 1937 Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, and the 42-acre Fulwood Park. Tourist-related buildings along U.S. Highway 41 record the road's importance from the 1920s. The district illustrates Tifton's shift from timber to agriculture and its growth as a small Georgia city.