Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District

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Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by Dooly, Broad, Houston, and 3rd Sts., Hawkinsville, Georgia
Coordinates 32°17′04″N83°28′01″W / 32.28444°N 83.46694°W / 32.28444; -83.46694
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Built1830
ArchitectE.A. Burch, W.R. Gunn
Architectural styleItalianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 04001349 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 2004

The Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District is a historic district in Georgia, United States that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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The district includes the Pulaski County Courthouse (1874) and the Hawkinsville Opera House (1907), which are both listed separately on the National Register. The layout of the commercial center of the town is on the Augusta plan, in which the courthouse is located on a main street rather than upon a central square. [2] :4

It includes 92 contributing buildings, four other contributing structures, one contributing site and one contributing object. [1] It also includes 38 non-contributing buildings and two non-contributing objects. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Steven H. Moffson and Robert A. Ciucevich (September 1, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved February 10, 2017. with 42 photos (see photo captions pages 20-22 of text document)