National Register of Historic Places

Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Listed
January 10, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88003124

About this property

The Between the Rivers Historic District in Rome, Georgia, USA, is a 90 acres (36 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 292 contributing buildings and three contributing structures. It is a hilly area, with three sides defined by the Etowah River and the Oostanaula River. Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, 400 Broad Street Montgomery Ward and Company Building, 413-417 Broad Street Maxwell, Quinn, and Garnett Furniture Company, 519 Broad Street Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building, 106-108 W. Fifth Avenue It also includes the Rome Clock Tower, a water tower with a clock, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1980. It included two historic bridges: a 1916-1917 solid-arch concrete bridge which brings Broad Street over the Etowah River and a 1930 iron truss bridge which brings Second Avenue over the Ooostanaula River. A boundary increase in 1989 added one contributing building, the Union Bus Terminal, and provided additional information, including that the Second Avenue bridge had been demolished, around 1983, and replaced.

Location

107 W. Fourth St.
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
34.24843, -85.17188

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Sullivan-Hillyer House
Industrial
0.1 mi
Double-Cola Bottling Company
Industrial
0.1 mi
South Broad Street Historic District
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0.3 mi
Between the Rivers Historic District
Listed
0.3 mi
Oakdene Place
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0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Rome (Streight's Raid terminus)
1863Civil War
0.7 mi
Engagement at Rome, Georgia
1864Civil War
0.7 mi
Skirmish near Rome (Wheeler's Raid 1864)
1864Civil War
0.8 mi

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When was Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1989.

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Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase) is recorded as the industrial era.

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