Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)
National Register of Historic Places

Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia
Listed
March 31, 2002
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
02000292

About this property

Paradise Park Historic District is located in Thomasville, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1984 with an increase in 2002. It consists of Thomasville's Paradise Park, and properties including 15 contributing buildings and one non-contributing building. The area, subdivided from the S. Alexander Smith estate, was known as "Yankee's Paradise" at the turn of the 20th century, when Northern visitors had winter homes and cottages in the area. Residents included George Forbes, owner of Forbes Furniture and Hardware; W.S. Keefer, president of the Thomasville Cigar Company; Charles Hebard, a Philadelphia-based lumber "magnate"; and Judge Strawbridge, a clothing distributor.

Location

502 S. Broad St.
Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia
30.83242, -83.97589

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 02000292. It was listed on March 31, 2002.

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Battles

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

Questions about this property

When was Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)?

Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)?

The period of significance for Paradise Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) is recorded as the civil_war era.

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