Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District
Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District | |
House at Green and Franklin | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Market, Trumbull, Rittenhouse and Ft. King George Dr., Darien, Georgia |
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Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
Built | 1805 |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian |
NRHP Reference # | 85000581[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1985 |
The Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District is an historic area on the eastern side of Darien, Georgia. It encompasses two squares of the original 1805 city plan, although Vernon Square now contains a circular street. The plan was derived from James Oglethorpe's plan for Savannah.
The historic buildings in the area date back to the mid-19th and early 20th century. The houses are mostly modest wood-framed houses with weatherboard siding and wood detail.
History
The area thrived as a center of the timber industry in the late 19th century. The area contains houses representing Darien's middle-class white and black families. Darien had an unusually large group of middle-class black families in the late 19th century. McIntosh County frequently had a black representative to the state legislature from 1868 to 1907.
Contributing buildings
- Darien city hall
- Methodist Church
- First African Baptist Church
- House at Adams and Rittenhouse
- House at Franklin & Fort King George Road
- House in the historic district
- House on Ft. King George Road between Franklin and Rittenhouse
- St. Andrews Church - the original building was one of the churches burned by the US Army in 1863.
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
External links
- Media related to Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District at Wikimedia Commons