Between the Rivers Historic District
Between the Rivers Historic District | |
![]() NRHP marker, affixed to the outside of the Rome Area History Museum | |
Location | Roughly bounded by the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers, and 7th Ave. (original), Rome, Georgia 107 W. Fourth St. (increase), Rome, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 34°15′06″N 85°10′16″W / 34.25167°N 85.17111°W |
Area | 90 acres (36 ha) (original) less than one acre (increase) |
Built by | Multiple |
Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 83000193[1] (original) 88003124[1] (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 9, 1983 |
Boundary increase | January 10, 1989 |
The Between the Rivers Historic District in Rome, Georgia, USA, is a 90 acres (36 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 292 contributing buildings and three contributing structures.[1]
It is a hilly area, with three sides defined by the Etowah River and the Oostanaula River.[2]
Significant buildings in the district include:
- Busy Bee Cafe Building, 224 Broad Street
- Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, 400 Broad Street
- Broad Street Pawn Shop Building, 412 Broad Street
- Montgomery Ward and Company Building, 413-417 Broad Street
- Esserman's Department Store, 425-429 Broad Street
- Maxwell, Quinn, and Garnett Furniture Company, 519 Broad Street
- Greystone Hotel, 10 Second Avenue
- Greystone Apartment Building, 12 Second Avenue
- Tribune Building, 102-104 W. Fourth Avenue
- Union Bus Terminal, 107 W. Fourth Avenue
- Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building, 106-108 W. Fifth Avenue[3]
It also includes the Rome Clock Tower, a water tower with a clock, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1980.[2]
It included two historic bridges: a 1916-1917 solid-arch concrete bridge which brings Broad Street over the Etowah River and a 1930 iron truss bridge which brings Second Avenue over the Ooostanaula River.[2]
A boundary increase in 1989 added one contributing building, the Union Bus Terminal, and provided additional information, including that the Second Avenue bridge had been demolished, around 1983, and replaced.[1][3]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Carolyn Brooks (April 5, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Between the Rivers Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 29, 2018. With accompanying 34 photos from 1982
- ^ a b Richard Cloues (November 14, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase)". National Park Service. Retrieved June 29, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1988
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Georgia
- Victorian architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture
- Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs