Northwest Cedartown Historic District
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Why it's listed
North and west of downtown Cedartown in Polk County, Georgia, this residential neighborhood grew from the 1860s to 1963 on a gridiron street plan. Development began near downtown and moved northward. The oldest house, an 1865 Italianate-style Georgian cottage, stands on Cave Spring Road. Houses include Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Craftsman bungalow, Colonial Revival and English Vernacular Revival examples, along with American Small Houses and ranch houses. Some late 1940s and 1950s houses were built by Billy Barr's company, Cedartown Builders. The 1955 First Baptist Church is the district's landmark building, and Peek Forest Park, given to the city in 1924, has rock entrances built with Works Progress Administration funding in the 1930s. Mill superintendents and other managers from Cedartown's textile industry lived here, and the area was home to professionals, teachers and business owners in the 1930s. Post-war prosperity led to the subdivision of remaining land. The district contains 375 contributing and 73 noncontributing resources.
Significance in brief: The district is an intact residential area showing almost 100 years of continuous development in Cedartown. It contains common Georgia house types and styles, from 19th-century cottages to mid-20th-century ranch houses. It also reflects the town's growth tied to textile mills and later post-war expansion. The full Section 8 text and the criteria boxes are truncated, so the stated areas of significance are not visible.
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 08000354, listed April 30, 2008. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Jule Peek Ave.,Spruce St.,Wissahickon Ave.,& Marshall St., Cedartown |
|---|---|
| County | Polk County |
| Listed | April 30, 2008 |
| Reference number | 08000354 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architect / builder | Billy Barr of Cedartown Builders (builder of late 1940s-1950s houses on Spruce Street) |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Folk Victorian, American Small House, Ranch |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development, Landscape Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still in residential, religious and park use; two low-lying areas were historically vacant and remain vacant. |
| Acreage | 245 |
| Coordinates | 34.01823, -85.25951 (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 08000354.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q141805399
- This listing as JSON
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