Louisville Commercial Historic District
Louisville Commercial Historic District | |
 Abbot and Stone Building, 2020 | |
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| Location | Area surrounding Broad St. between Peachtree and Screven Sts., including parts of Walnut, Mulberry and Green Sts., Louisville, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°59′58″N 82°24′35″W / 32.99944°N 82.40972°W |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | 1794 |
| Architect | Willis F. Denny, Louis A. Simon, others |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Early Commercial, Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001469[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 13, 1994 |
The Louisville Commercial Historic District, in Louisville, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
It includes 41 contributing buildings and a contributing structure in an 18 acres (7.3 ha) area surrounding Broad St. between Peachtree and Screven Sts., including parts of Walnut, Mulberry and Green Streets.[2]
It includes the Jefferson County Courthouse and the Old Market, which are separately listed on the National Register.[2]
The town was laid out in 1794. It was named Louisville pursuant to 1786 plans of the Georgia Legislature for a new state capital. Louisville served as capital of the state of Georgia for 11 years, from 1796 to 1806; the capital then moved to Milledgeville.[2] Only one structure from that period is known to have survived. A statehouse building which was the capitol, was built; its site is now occupied by the Jefferson County Courthouse.[2] Architect Willis F. Denny designed the Beaux Arts courthouse which was completed in 1904. Denny also designed two adjacent two-story brick commercial structures on the southwest side of Broad Street between Mulberry and Green Streets. These have Victorian-era commercial detailing (see photo #11).[2]
The commercial area declined during the 1920s and 1930s from the economic effects of the boll weevil and the Great Depression. A New Deal program, the Federal Works Agency, however, built a new post office designed by Louis A. Simon. The post office gained, in 1941, a New Deal mural titled ""Plantation, Education, Transportation" painted by Hungary-born Abraham Harrison; by 1993 the mural had been removed to storage.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.; John A. Kissane (October 17, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Louisville Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved November 7, 2019. Includes map. With accompanying 19 photos from 1992.
External links
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Media related to Louisville, Georgia Commercial Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
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