Georgia - Bartow County
Bartow County Georgia has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Etowah Mounds, Etowah Valley District, Felton, Rebecca Latimer, House, Harris, Corra White, House, Study, and Chapel and Valley View.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Etowah, Wilbanks, Mississippian, Archaic and Woodland dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Bartow County historic places including Rebecca Latimer Felton, Cora White Harris and Sam Jones.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bartow County places including Willis Benham, Golucke,J.W., & Co., McDonald,Kenneth, & Co., W.M. McCafferty and Walter T. Downing. Prominent architectural styles found in Bartow Country are Classical Revival, Greek Revival and Late Victorian.

ATCO-Goodyear Mill and Mill Village Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001172)
Also known as American Textile Company
Roughly bounded by Sugar Valley Rd., Cassville Rd. and Pettit Creek, Wingfoot Trail and Litchfield St. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McCafferty, W.M.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Social History, Industry, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Adairsville Historic District (added 1987 - - #87002043)
Roughly Main St. bounded by King & Elm Sts., & city limits on S & W , Adairsville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Bartow County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80000971)
Courthouse Sq. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McDonald,Kenneth, & Co., Golucke,J.W., & Co.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Economics, Law, Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
Benham Place (added 1998 - - #98000030)
222 Grassdale Rd. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Benham, Willis
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cartersville Downtown Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000904)
Cartersville, Cartersville
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Cassville Post Office (added 1992 - - #92001129)
1813 Cassville Rd. (Old Dixie Hwy.) , Cassville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
Etowah Mounds (added 1966 - - #66000272)
Also known as Etowah;Etowah Valley District
N bank of Etowah River , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Etowah, Wilbanks, Mississippian
Period of Significance:
1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Etowah Valley District (added 1975 - - #75000573)
Also known as See Also:Valley View;Etowah Mounds
Address Restricted , Carterville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Military, Prehistoric, Industry, Landscape Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic, Mississippian, Woodland
Period of Significance:
7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Felton, Rebecca Latimer, House (added 1979 - - #79000697)
N of Cartersville off U.S. 411 , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Felton,Rebecca Latimer
Significant Year:
1905, 1853
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
First Presbyterian Church (added 1991 - - #91001157)
Also known as Friendship Presbyterian Church
183 W. Main St. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Grand Theater (added 1984 - - #84000893)
2 Wall St. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
More Information:
Harris, Corra White, House, Study, and Chapel (added 1997 - - #97000249)
Also known as In the Valley
659 Mt. Pleasant Rd., NE. , Rydal
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Harris,Cora White
Significant Year:
1915, 1935, 1913
Area of Significance:
Literature
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Jones, Sam, Memorial United Methodist Church (added 1985 - - #85001972)
100 W. Church St. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Downing,Walter T.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Noble Hill School (added 1987 - - #87001103)
Gaddis Rd. , Cassville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Black, Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
North Erwin Street Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001071)
Also known as See also:Bartow County Courthouse;Sam Jones Memorial Method
Jct. of N. Erwin and Cherokee Sts. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Romanesque, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Post Office, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Government, Health Care, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Fire Station, Government Office, Medical Business/Office, Religious Structure
More Information:
North Wall Street Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000249)
Also known as See Also:Grand Theater
Roughly bounded by N. Wall, E. Church, and N. Gilmer Sts., and E. Cherokee Ave. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Early Commercial, Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Medical Business/Office, Restaurant, Road-Related, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater, Warehouse
More Information:
Old Bartow County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80000972)
4 E. Church St. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Economics, Law, Politics/Government, Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
More Information:
Pine Log Methodist Church, Campground, and Cemetery (added 1988 - - #86002176)
GA 140, W of US 411 , Rydal
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Roselawn (added 1973 - - #73000607)
Also known as Sam Jones House
244 Cherokee Ave. , Cartersville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Jones,Sam
Significant Year:
1895, 1870
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Smith and Douglas Family Houses (added 1999 - - #99000412)
Also known as Edwards Estate, Smith Homeplace
MacJohnson Rd. , Cassville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Valley View (added 1974 - - #74000657)
Euharlee Rd., SW of Cartersville , Carterville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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