Brunswick Old Town Historic District
Brunswick Old Town Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by 1st, Bay, New Bay, H and Cochran Sts., Brunswick, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 31°08′43″N 81°29′29″W / 31.14528°N 81.49139°WCoordinates: 31°08′43″N 81°29′29″W / 31.14528°N 81.49139°W |
Area | 289 acres (117 ha) |
Built | 1885 |
Architectural style | Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 79000727[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
Brunswick Old Town Historic District is a historic district in Brunswick, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979 and includes an area bounded by 1st Street, Bay Street, New Bay Street, H Street, and Cochran Street (4th Ave. and G St., according to one source).[2] Brunswick is one of Georgia's two deep-water ports and is the mainland city associated with the Golden Isles of Georgia, at the junction of I-95 and US 82.[3]
The historic district includes the site of the colonial British town of Brunswick, named after the family of King George III of Great Britain. Formed in 1771, it retains its original grid plan (as does Savannah, Georgia). The district has 19th century residential and public buildings including the in Hanover Square, the Mahoney-McGarvey House on Reynolds Street, and the Old . Some of the sidewalks use hexagonal stone tiles.[3]
Photo gallery[]
Old Brunswick City Hall detail
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ritz Theatre, originally the Grand Opera House
(1909) at Glynn Academy
Brick house in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
House in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
Temple
House in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
St. Athanasius Episcopal Church
Police Department building
Mahoney-McGarvey House (1891)
Glynn Academy (1922)
Glynn Ice Company (1920)
S. H. Kress & Co. store building, now a Wells Fargo Bank
Advent Christian Church
Old Glynn County Courthouse (1907)
The new city hall (1902)
Sign marking the border of Old Town Historic District
Street sign designating the Old Town Historic Area, the old city hall is in the background
Dunwoody Building
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Glynn County info on Old Town Historic District Archived October 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Brunswick Old Town Historic District GEORGIA 14) National Park Service
- Queen Anne architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures completed in 1885
- Brunswick, Georgia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Glynn County, Georgia