North Lumpkin Commercial Buildings

  • NRHP Name: Downtown Athens Historic District (Boundary Increase)

  • Address: Lumpkin St
  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Hancock Ave, Foundry, Mitchell St, Broad St and Lumpkin St
  • Neighborhood of Downtown in Athens, GA
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

North Lumpkin Commercial Buildings are located along the west side of North Lumpkin Street between West Broad Street and West Dougherty Street. They consist of four commercial buildings fronting North Lumpkin Street (nos. 137-175, 187, 199, and 225), a fifth commercial building fronting North Hancock Street (no. 100), a sixth commercial building fronting the south side of West Clayton Street behind 187 and 199 North Lumpkin Street, and a movie theater fronting North Lumpkin Street (no. 216). Six of these buildings, including the movie theater, are grouped on either side of the intersection of West Clayton and North Lumpkin Streets. The seventh building stands alone at the intersection of West Hancock and North Lumpkin Streets. The commercial buildings are all two-story, party-wall, brick structures. They date from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. They feature storefronts (mostly remodeled) on the ground floor, relatively intact brick facades on the second floor, and cornices above. A variety of modest detailing enlivens the front facades of these buildings; this includes flat, segmental, and round arched windows, brick string courses and corbelled cornices, sheet metal cornices, polychrome masonry, brick piers, and parapets. The theater, a mid-1930s Art Deco-style building, was fashioned around an older structure on the site. It features a smooth stucco facade, geometric massing, and incised surface decoration. - NRHP, 1 May 1984


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Particulars for North Lumpkin Commercial Buildings:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Historic District
Owner Private
Historic Use Specialty Store



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 31st May 1984

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Downtown Athens Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Hancock Ave., Foundry, Mitchell, Broad, and Lumpkin sts.
Registry Number: 84000965
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 7
Other Certification: Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Specialty store
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Specialty store

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