South Street-Broad Street-Main Street-Laurel Street Historic District
Why it's listed
This 115-acre neighborhood in Greensboro, Georgia, contains houses and churches built between about 1800 and 1930. Most are one- and two-story frame dwellings, many remodeled over time. Styles include Plantation Plain, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neoclassical, Bungalow and Craftsman. The Jonas Fauche House on Broad Street, built around 1800, is among the oldest and best preserved. Three churches, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist, rise above the residential streets. The district began with the town plat of 1786, whose grid still organizes the eastern section, while the western part grew more irregularly around older rural tracts. A railroad, mostly in a cut, divides the two. Street trees, granite curbs and informal front yards result from landscape improvements begun in 1898 by a village improvement society. A brick lodge at South and West Streets recalls the town's black community, as few other resources from that history survive. The district has 78 contributing and 15 noncontributing buildings.
Significance in brief: The district shows more than a century of small-town Piedmont Georgia domestic architecture, from Plantation Plain to Craftsman. Its street trees, curbs and informal front yards come from a village improvement society effort begun in 1898. It also preserves both the planned 1786 grid and later organic growth, and contains a lodge building tied to Greensboro's black community.
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 87001450, listed September 9, 1987. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | South, Broad, Main, and Laurel Sts., Greensboro |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | September 9, 1987 |
| Reference number | 87001450 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1786 (plan), 1800-1930 (architecture) |
| Architect / builder | Fay and Bruin, Architects, and Cook, Grumy, and Company (Davis-Smith House); Leila Ross Wilburn (attributed, a Craftsman house on East Street); Tunis Tunison (attributed, Presbyterian Church) |
| Architectural style | Plantation Plain, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic, Queen Anne, Victorian Eclectic, Neoclassical, Bungalow, Craftsman |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Landscape Architecture, Black, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | General district condition is good; current uses are residential and religious. |
| Acreage | 115 |
| Coordinates | 33.57456, -83.18744 (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 87001450.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q49563781
- This listing as JSON
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