The Royston Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Royston, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Royston Commercial Historic District | |
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| Location | Along Church and Railroad Sts., Royston, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 34°17′12″N 83°06′37″W / 34.28667°N 83.11028°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built by | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Chicago, Late Victorian, Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001969[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 5, 1985 |
The 6 acres (2.4 ha) listed area included 33 contributing buildings, which are mostly one- and two-story brick commercial structures with party walls.[2]
It runs between north-south Church Street on the west and the Southern Railroad tracks on the east.[2]
Among the most distinctive are the "Dorough Building (Carter Hardware), an extremely intact late Victorian structure with a fine corbeled cornice, an intact metal storefront, and a completely intact interior including a pressed metal ceiling and the P.C. Scarboro Building, a finely-detailed, early Ford dealership with a tiled pent roof supported by prominent brackets."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Carolyn Brooks; Dale Jaeger (July 12, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Royston Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying 14 photos from 1984
