Bartow Historic District

Bartow Historic District, in Bartow, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The district included 121 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing site. Its 209 acres (85 ha) area is roughly centered along Church St. (U.S. Highway 221), Wadley Road (U.S. Highway 319) and the CSX rail line.[1]

Bartow Historic District
Smith-Evans house
Bartow Historic District is located in Georgia
Bartow Historic District
LocationRoughly centered along U.S. Hwy. 221, U.S. Hwy. 319 and the CSX rail line, Bartow, Georgia
Coordinates32°52′45″N 82°28′27″W
Area209 acres (85 ha)
Built1887
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.08001320[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 13, 2009

It includes a variety of architectural styles, including Queen Anne, folk vernacular, Colonial Revival, and bungalow/Craftsman.[2]

Selected buildings included are:

  • Central of Georgia depot (1859), brick.
  • Smith-Evans House (c.1916), 7261 Church Street - two-story house with monumental two-story front portico, with a heavy entablature, supported by six fluted Doric columns. Has a porte cochere.[2]
  • Bartow Bank (1906), one-story commercial with "marble-clad front facade with bands of light and dark marble on the cornice and decorative pink marble details", as well as "an elaborate balustrade-like parapet."[2] The Bartow Bank opened in 1902 as Bartow's first bank; it failed in the 1920s as the cotton economy collapsed (with boll weevil infestations).[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Gretchen A. Brock; John Kissane (November 19, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bartow Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved November 8, 2019. Online version does not include 55 photos from 2006 meant to accompany the text.


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