Uptown Residential Historic District

This neighborhood of about 34 acres lies west and northwest of the courthouse square in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia. It is the largest residential district in the town and has been part of Lumpkin's street grid since at least 1848. Most buildings are one-story wood-frame houses, with five two-story homes and two brick churches, Baptist and Methodist, both Classical Revival in character. Greek Revival, Victorian, Classical Revival and Bungalow houses stand side by side, and the Greek Revival houses are described as some of the finest in the county. The neighborhood housed many local craftsmen, store keepers and ministers. The two congregations, founded in the 1830s, moved into town around 1910 and built on Broad and Main Streets. The area began as farmland on the flattest part of the hilltop and was subdivided as the town grew, following a gridiron plan with one curve where Cherry Street meets Chestnut. Its houses show the progression of architectural styles across the town's development.