Twin City Historic District | |
Location | 6th, Railroad & 5th Aves., Maple & College Sts., Twin City, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 32°35′01″N82°09′02″W / 32.583486°N 82.150577°W |
Area | 255 acres (103 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 13001168 [1] [2] |
Added to NRHP | February 8, 2014 |
The Twin City Historic District in Twin City in Emanuel County, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] [2]
Twin City in its entirety covers a 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2) area. It is the combination of two formerly separate towns, Summit and Graymont. The historic district is 255 acres (1.03 km2) in size and includes the shared civic center area, the two towns' commercial centers, and residential areas. [3]
It includes 6th Ave. on the west; the north side of Railroad Ave. on the north; Maple St. on the east; and College St. and 5th Ave. on the south. [2]
The district includes 135 contributing buildings and one contributing structure (a water tower), plus 54 non-contributing buildings. [3]
In the civic center area, buildings are widely spaced. The district includes:
The historic town center of Summit, to the northeast, and north of U.S. Highway 80, includes historic commercial buildings mostly on the north side of Georgia Highway 23 (North Railroad Ave.), mostly built from 1890 to 1945.
Summit's residential areas in the district are to the north and south of Railroad Avenue. Larger houses have twin gables with decorative wood shingles. Notable examples include:
The commercial center of Graymont, to the southwest, is centered at Georgia State Route 192 and 5th Avenue, and is south of U.S. Highway 80, and includes:
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