Royston Commercial Historic District

The Royston Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Royston, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Royston Commercial Historic District
LocationAlong Church and Railroad Sts., Royston, Georgia
Coordinates34°17′12″N 83°06′37″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built byMultiple
Architectural styleChicago, Late Victorian, Commercial
NRHP reference No.85001969[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1985

The 6 acres (2.4 ha) listed area included 33 contributing buildings, which are mostly one- and two-story brick commercial structures with party walls.[2]

It runs between north-south Church Street on the west and the Southern Railroad tracks on the east.[2]

Among the most distinctive are the "Dorough Building (Carter Hardware), an extremely intact late Victorian structure with a fine corbeled cornice, an intact metal storefront, and a completely intact interior including a pressed metal ceiling and the P.C. Scarboro Building, a finely-detailed, early Ford dealership with a tiled pent roof supported by prominent brackets."[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Carolyn Brooks; Dale Jaeger (July 12, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Royston Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying 14 photos from 1984
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