Bartow Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Bartow Historic District

Bartow, Jefferson County, Georgia
Listed
January 13, 2009
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
08001320

About this property

Bartow Historic District, in Bartow, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. It includes a variety of architectural styles, including Queen Anne, folk vernacular, Colonial Revival, and bungalow/Craftsman. 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. 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." 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).

Location

Bartow, Jefferson County, Georgia
32.88382, -82.47248

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMERCECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTBLACKINDUSTRYTRANSPORTATION
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Sources

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Questions about this property

When was Bartow Historic District listed on the National Register?

Bartow Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Bartow Historic District?

Bartow Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Bartow Historic District?

The period of significance for Bartow Historic District is recorded as the colonial era.

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