National Register of Historic Places

Dawson Street Residential Historic District

Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia
Listed
September 6, 1984
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
84001251

About this property

The Dawson Street Residential Historic District, in Thomasville, Georgia, is a 200-acre (0.81 km2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It then included 380 contributing buildings and three contributing sites. It is located to the north of the city's commercial center and its courthouse square. As well as houses, the district includes several churches, two historic cemeteries (one for whites and one for blacks), a historic city park, and pecan orchards associated with some of the houses. Hardy Bryan House (or Carter House), 312 North Broad Street, a Greek Revival house built by a carpenter/builder which is believed to be one of the earliest surviving houses in Thomasville; Lapham-Patterson House (1885), 626 North Dawson Street, a National Historic Landmark. several rare examples of single pen houses on Broad Street and Lutten Lane Hardaway House (1856), 526 North Dawson Street) designed by builder/architect John Wind 312 North Dawson Street (1905), a "concrete stone" structure built as the administration building for Young's Female Academy.

Location

Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia
30.84495, -83.98138

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREEDUCATIONARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Lapham-Patterson House
Industrial
0.1 mi
Thomasville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)
Civil War
0.3 mi
Bryan, Hardy, House
Early Republic
0.3 mi
Brandon, Dr. David, House
Early Republic
0.3 mi
Thomas County Courthouse
Industrial
0.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Action at Thomasville (Brooks County GA 1865)
1865Civil War
0.6 mi
Battle of Fowltown (Nov 1817)
1817Early Republic
13.1 mi

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When was Dawson Street Residential Historic District listed on the National Register?

Dawson Street Residential Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Dawson Street Residential Historic District?

Dawson Street Residential Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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