Greenville Street-LaGrange Street Historic District
Why it's listed
Just south of downtown Newnan, Georgia, this residential neighborhood of roughly 50 acres grew up along Greenville and LaGrange Streets, the two main roads leading south out of the city. Early settler families, including the Buchanans and Nimmons, built large houses here soon after Newnan's incorporation in 1828. As early twentieth-century landholdings were subdivided, Nimmons, Reese and Buchanan Streets were created and filled with bungalows and cottages. The houses range from antebellum Greek Revival to Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Tudor and Craftsman designs, mostly wood-framed, with some brick. Work by Atlanta architect Leila Ross Wilburn, local architect David Cuttino, Jr., and the R. D. Cole Company's woodwork appears among them. Yards and mature street trees give the area a park-like character. Buena Vista at 87 LaGrange Street served as Confederate headquarters during the July 1864 Battle of Brown's Mill. The district was recognized for its planning history, architecture, landscape, settlement, military and local history.
Significance in brief: The district shows how a neighborhood grew along two main southbound roads, with the oldest and grandest houses on the principal streets and smaller later houses on infill streets. It contains good examples of styles from Greek Revival to Craftsman, informally landscaped yards, homes of early settler families and prominent citizens, and Buena Vista, Confederate headquarters during the 1864 Battle of Brown's Mill.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 83000190, listed April 28, 1983. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | LaGrange, Ninnons, Greenville, Powell, Reese, Powell and Buchanan Sts., Newnan |
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| County | Coweta County |
| Listed | April 28, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83000190 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1840s - early twentieth century |
| Architect / builder | Multiple; includes Leila Ross Wilburn, David Cuttino, Jr., and woodwork by the R. D. Cole Company |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Victorian Gothic, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Tudor, Craftsman |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition marked excellent to good and occupied; very few non-contributing properties, mainly a group of non-historic houses on Reese Street and two brick ranch intrusions. |
| Acreage | 50 |
| Coordinates | 33.36780, -84.80144 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 83000190.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q49496151
- This listing as JSON
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