North Tallapoosa Residential Historic District

The North Tallapoosa Residential Historic District, in Tallapoosa, Georgia, is a 126 acres (51 ha) historic district roughly centered on int. Bowden St. and Manning St. The listing included 157 contributing buildings and a contributing site.[1] It also included 71 non-contributing buildings and a non-contributing site.[2]

North Tallapoosa Residential Historic District
LocationRoughly centered on int. Bowden St. and Manning ST., Tallapoosa, Georgia
Coordinates33°45′01″N 85°17′24″W
Area126 acres (51 ha)
Built1882
EngineerCharles D. Camp
Architectural styleColonial, Mid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.03000405[1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 2003

Included in the district are:

  • Tallapoosa Presbyterian Church (c.1891) a Gothic Revival-style church with a corner entrance tower, moved in 1905
  • Methodist Episcopal Church (later Pentecostal Holiness Church) (c. 1895-1903), similar, moved in 1915
  • Methodist Episcopal Church South (later United Methodist Church) (c. 1918-19), brick Classical Revival
  • First Baptist Church (1952), brick Colonial Revival-style
  • Tallapoosa High School (1936), later the Tallapoosa Elementary School.[2]

Engineer Charles D. Camp was responsible for the town's 1882 plan.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Holly L. Anderson; Dan Latham (March 18, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Tallapoosa Residential Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved July 9, 2018. With accompanying 47 photos
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