Georgia - Sumter County - Historic Districts
Sumter County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Andersonville National Historic Site, Americus Historic District, Morgan Farm and Third District A & M School--Georgia Southwestern College Historic District and Americus Historic District (Boundary Increase).

The famous person George F. Webb is associated with one of more of the Sumter County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sumter County places including Haralson Bleckley and Multpile. Prominent architectural styles found in Sumter Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Gothic.

Americus Historic District (added 1976 - - #76000648)
Irregular pattern along Lee St. with extensions to Dudley St., railroad tracks, Rees Park, and Glessner St. , Americus
Eoghanacht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Americus Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1979 - - #79003319)
Also known as See Also:Americus Historic District
E. Church St. and Oak Grove Cemetery , Americus
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Andersonville National Historic Site (added 1970 - - #70000070)
Also known as Andersonville National Cemetery;Anderson Prison Park
1 mi. E of Andersonville on GA 49 , Andersonville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Correctional Facility, Museum
Current Function:
Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Museum, Park
Ashby Street Shotgun Row Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000620)
207, 209, and 211 Ashby St. , Americus
Mjrmtg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Morgan Farm (added 1998 - - #98000145)
Also known as Nathan Morgan Home Place
770 Old Dawson Rd. , Smithville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Black, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings
Plains Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001220)
Roughly bounded by Buena Vista Rd., Hospital, Clark, Main, Thomas, Paschal, and Bond Sts. , Plains
Finavon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multpile
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Teel--Crawford--Gaston Plantation (added 2004 - - #04001188)
2154 GA 30 W , Americus
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Camp
Third District A & M School--Georgia Southwestern College Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001002)
Also known as Third District Agricultural & Mechanical School, State Agricultural & Normal School
800 Wheatley St. , Americus
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bleckley, Haralson, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Webb Family Farm (added 1985 - - #85001968)
US 19 , Sumter
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Webb,George F.,et al.
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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