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

Newton County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Oxford Historic District, Covington Historic District, Floyd Street Historic District and Salem Camp Ground and Burge Farm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oxford Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000603)

Also known as See Also:Orna Villa

College and residential district centered around Wesley St. , Oxford

Haha169, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

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

Salem Camp Ground (added 1998 - - #98000175)

Also known as Salem Camp Meeting

3940 Salem Rd. , Covington

Quentin Melson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

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