National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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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