National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), Newton County

Newton County Georgia has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Orna Villa, Oxford Historic District, Brick Store, Covington Historic District and Floyd Street Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Newton County places including Richard K. Dearing, Edward Lloyd Thomas, Bruce & Morgan, Golucke, J.W., and Company, et al., Bruce and Morgan, James Smith, Cary Wood and Merritt J. Morehouse. Prominent architectural styles found in Newton Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Italianate.

Brick Store (added 2009 - - #09000186)

US 278 at Little River Rd./Social Circle Rd. , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Public Works

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Monument/Marker

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Burge Farm (added 2000 - - #00000467)

Also known as Burge-Bolton House, Burge Plantation

Roughly bounded by GA 142, Cook Rd., Morehouse Rd. and Sewell Rd. , Newborn

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morehouse, Merritt J.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

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Covington Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000969)

Also known as See Also:Floyd Street Historic District and Newton County Co

Roughly Covington City S of US 278 , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bruce and Morgan, Golucke, J.W., and Company, et al.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Commerce, Black, Transportation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Clinic, Department Store, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Medical Business/Office, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Covington Mills and Mill Village Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000370)

Roughly bounded by Wheat, Collins and Lott Sts. and, to the norht, the Covington Mills pond and Creek , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Department Store, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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Floyd Street Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000699)

Floyd St. from Elm to W of Sockwell St. , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wood,Cary, Et al.

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

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Newborn Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000970)

Roughly the entire city limits of Newborn City , Newborn

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Education, Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation, Architecture, Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, School, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Rail-Related, School, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

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Newton County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80001216)

Courthouse Sq. , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,James, Bruce & Morgan

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Economics, Law, Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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North Covington Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000526)

Also known as Midway

N. Emory and Odum Sts. and Georgia (CSX) Railroad , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

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Orna Villa (added 1973 - - #73000636)

Also known as The Alexander Means House

1008 N. Emory St. , Oxford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dearing,Richard K.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Oxford Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000603)

Also known as See Also:Orna Villa

College and residential district centered around Wesley St. , Oxford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Edward Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Gothic, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Single Dwelling

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Porterdale Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000974)

Roughly the city limits of Porterdale north of Elm St. , Porterdale

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Social History, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Energy Facility, Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

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Salem Camp Ground (added 1998 - - #98000175)

Also known as Salem Camp Meeting

3940 Salem Rd. , Covington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Religion, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Other, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Government, Other, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station, Religious Structure

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Starrsville Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000715)

Also known as Old and New Starrsville Historic District

Jct. GA 213, Old Starsville and Dixie Rds. , Starrsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Black, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Storage

More Information:

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