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Canon Commercial Historic District

Coordinates: 34°20′46″N 83°06′36″W / 34.34611°N 83.11000°W / 34.34611; -83.11000
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Canon Commercial Historic District
Canon Commercial Historic District is located in Georgia
Canon Commercial Historic District
LocationDepot St. between Bond Ave. & Broad St., Canon, Georgia
Nearest cityAthens, Georgia
Coordinates34°20′46″N 83°06′36″W / 34.34611°N 83.11000°W / 34.34611; -83.11000
Area4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built1879
Built byBowers, W.F.; Bowers, Job
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Greek Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.85001681[1]
Designated HDAugust 1, 1985

The Canon Commercial Historic District in Canon, Georgia is a 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included eight contributing buildings.[1]

It includes the Canon Hotel, a two-story Georgian Revival-style building.[2] and the W.F. Bowers Building, a one-story brick building built in the early 1890s, which, in 1985, had a "deteriorated Greek Revival-style porch at the Depot Street level that is supported by square brick columns. The central portal has a glass transom and a segmental arch and is flanked by a window on each side and four square brick wall pilasters. The porch has square wood columns and a wooden balustrade supported by square brick pillars."[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#85001681)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Andrea Niles (May 30, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canon Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 26, 2018. With accompanying seven photos from 1984