Brunswick Old Town Historic District
Brunswick Old Town Historic District is a historic district in Brunswick, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979 and includes an area bounded by 1st Street, Bay Street, New Bay Street, H Street, and Cochran Street (4th Ave. and G St., according to one source).[2] Brunswick is one of Georgia's two deep-water ports and is the mainland city associated with the Golden Isles of Georgia, at the junction of I-95 and US 82.[3]
Brunswick Old Town Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by 1st, Bay, New Bay, H and Cochran Sts., Brunswick, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 31°08′43″N 81°29′29″W |
Area | 289 acres (117 ha) |
Built | 1885 |
Architectural style | Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 79000727[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
The historic district includes the site of the colonial British town of Brunswick, named after the family of King George III of Great Britain. Formed in 1771, it retains its original grid plan (as does Savannah, Georgia). The district has 19th century residential and public buildings including the Hazelhurst-Taylor House in Hanover Square, the Mahoney-McGarvey House on Reynolds Street, and the Old Brunswick City Hall. Some of the sidewalks use hexagonal stone tiles.[3]
Photo gallery
- Brunswick Old City Hall
- First Methodist Episcopal Church
- Ritz Theatre, originally the Grand Opera House
- Prep building (1909) at Glynn Academy
- Brick house in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
- House in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
- Temple Beth Tefilloh
- House in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
- St. Athanasius Episcopal Church
- Police Department building
- Mahoney-McGarvey House (1891)
- Glynn Academy (1922)
- Glynn Ice Company (1920)
- S. H. Kress & Co. store building, now under renovation as a mixed use facility
- Advent Christian Church
- City Hall (1902), originally built as the U.S. Custom House and Post Office
- Sign marking the border of Old Town Historic District
- Street sign designating the Old Town Historic Area, the old city hall is in the background
- Dunwody Building
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Glynn County info on Old Town Historic District Archived October 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Brunswick Old Town Historic District GEORGIA 14) National Park Service