Bartow Historic District

Roughly centered along U.S. Hwy. 221, U.S. Hwy. 319 and the CSX rail line, Bartow, Georgia. County/parish: Jefferson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 13, 2009. NRIS 08001320.

121 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 3 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

Bartow Historic District, in Bartow, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district included 121 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing site. Its 209 acres (85 ha) area is roughly centered along Church St. (U.S. Highway 221), Wadley Road (U.S. Highway 319) and the CSX rail line.

It includes a variety of architectural styles, including Queen Anne, folk vernacular, Colonial Revival, and bungalow/Craftsman.

Selected buildings included are:

Central of Georgia depot (1859), brick.
Smith-Evans House (c.1916), 7261 Church Street - two-story house with monumental two-story front portico, with a heavy entablature, supported by six fluted Doric columns. Has a porte cochere.
Bartow Bank (1906), one-story commercial with "marble-clad front facade with bands of light and dark marble on the cornice and decorative pink marble details", as well as "an elaborate balustrade-like parapet." The Bartow Bank opened in 1902 as Bartow's first bank; it failed in the 1920s as the cotton economy collapsed (with boll weevil infestations).

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208728