Robert Beaty Historic District

Robert Beaty Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Beaty-Mason House in January 2010
Location	Roughly bounded by Louisville and Nashville RR, Forrest, East, and Washington Sts., Athens, Alabama
Coordinates	34°48′1″N 86°58′1″W / 34.80028°N 86.96694°WCoordinates: 34°48′1″N 86°58′1″W / 34.80028°N 86.96694°W
Area	43.4 acres (17.6 ha)
Built	1818
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	84000646[1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 1984

The Robert Beaty Historic District is a historic district in Athens, Alabama. Robert Beaty was one of the original founders of Athens. An Irish immigrant who settled in Virginia, Beaty and his associates purchased 160 acres (65 ha) around a spring, and began subdividing the land for sale in 1818. A small village of log structures had formed by 1826, and began to be replaced by permanent homes over the next decade. Beaty's own house was completed in Federal style in 1826. William Richardson, whose son William, Jr., served in the U.S. House of Representatives, completed his home the following year. The district contains 86 contributing properties representing architectural styles including Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Eastlake, Victorian, and Spanish Colonial Revival.^[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
2. Caudle, Mildred W.; Shirley D. Qualls (July 2, 1984). "Robert Beaty Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF). Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.