Tifton Residential Historic District

The Tifton Residential Historic District, in Tifton, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

Tifton Residential Historic District
424 Park Ave.
Tifton Residential Historic District is located in Georgia
Tifton Residential Historic District
LocationRoughly Bounded by 14th, Goff, & 2nd Sts.& Forrest Ave., Tifton, Georgia
Area614 acres (248 ha)
Built1888
ArchitectColumbus W. Fulwood, Jr. T. Firth Lockwood, Jr., Pringle & Smith
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Folk Victorian
NRHP reference No.08000355[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 2008

History and description

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The majority of the district is residential. The site is roughly bounded by 14th St., Goff, & 2nd Sts. & Forrest Ave.[1] Gas stations, boarding houses, motels, and restaurants were built in the district from the mid-1920s through the 1950s to serve U.S. Highway 41,[A] which was – and still is – a major tourism route between Georgia and Florida.[2]

The district was deemed historically significant because it is a "good example of a historic white residential area" from the 20th century. It also contains "an excellent collection" of Queen Anne and Craftsman architectural styles.[2]

Structures

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The listing includes 624 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, a contributing site, and two contributing objects on 614 acres (2.48 km2).[1]

Significant structures on the property include:

  • the former Pope House-Lankford Manor (1892), 401 Love Avenue, in recent years the Three Graces Manor bed and breakfast.[3] Built as a single-family house, it was converted into a boarding house and restaurant in 1934, with enclosure of its two-story porch. Includes Queen Anne-stylistic elements including use of pedimented gables and decorative wood shingles.[2]
  • Tifton Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (1937), Beaux-Arts in style, designed by architects Pringle and Smith[2]
  • Tifton Telephone Exchange Building (1917–24)
  • former Tifton City Hall (1950), 127 Central Avenue North
  • the former Tifton High School (c.1917) and its gymnasium and vocational building, 225 Tift Avenue North.[2]
  • 1906 First Baptist Church (1906), at 404 Love Avenue, a brick, Romanesque Revival-style church, with an arcaded entrance, round-arched stained-glass windows, and two square corner towers. Designed by architect T. Firth Lockwood, Jr. (1894–1963).[2] (Or, more likely, by T. Firth Lockwood, Sr. (1868–1920))
  • First Baptist Church (1961), also at 404 Love Avenue, stone and brick veneered, with a large rose window.[2]
  • First Presbyterian Church (1911), 217 N. Park Avenue, brick Gothic Revival.-style church with overhanging eaves, exposed rafters, stained glass, pointed-arch doors and windows, and brick buttresses.
  • Tifton Primitive Baptist Church (1917), 401 Tift Avenue North, designed by Tifton architect C.W. Fulwood, Jr.; brick Gothic Revival.
  • First United Methodist Church (1952), at E. 12th Street and Central Avenue, brick, Colonial Revival, with "a pedimented portico with modillions and full height Doric columns."[2]
  • Fulwood Park, a 42 acres (17 ha) city park, including a stone arched entrance (1934) erected by the Tifton Garden Club in honor of former mayor Columbus W. Fulwood, Sr. (with entrance designed by Columbus W. Fulwood, Jr.).[2]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ U.S. 41 runs east-west on 12th Street and north-south on Love Ave.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gretchen Brock; Robert A. Ciucevich (December 20, 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tifton Residential Historic District. National Archives. Retrieved February 19, 2021. Includes accompanying 95 photos from 2005, and detailed map at very end. (Downloading may be slow. Text-only version published by National Park Service also available at https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/08000355_text.)
  3. ^ "Three Graces Manor". Facebook. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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