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Grantville Historic District

Coordinates: 33°14′07″N 84°50′05″W / 33.23528°N 84.83472°W / 33.23528; -84.83472
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Grantville Historic District
Grantville Historic District is located in Georgia
Grantville Historic District
LocationBounded by US 29, LaGrange St., W. Grantville Rd. and the city cemetery, Grantville, Georgia
Coordinates33°14′07″N 84°50′05″W / 33.23528°N 84.83472°W / 33.23528; -84.83472
Area192 acres (0.78 km2)
Built1852
Built byAtlanta & LaGrange Railroad
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.91000772[1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1991

The Grantville Historic District, in Grantville, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The listing included 225 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing site on 192 acres (0.78 km2).[1]

The district is bounded by U.S. Route 29, LaGrange St., W. Grantville Rd. and the city cemetery.[2]

It includes railroad tracks through the center of the district, with commercial buildings on both sides, mostly brick buildings. It includes residential areas and two historic mill complexes with mill villages. It also includes a school, a waterworks, an auditorium, several churches and, on the eastern edge of the district, the city cemetery.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lisa Raflo (April 29, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grantville Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved December 14, 2019. With accompanying 41 photos from 1990