Vernon Square–Columbus Square Historic District

The Vernon Square–Columbus Square Historic District is a historic area on the eastern side of Darien, Georgia. It encompasses two squares of the original 1805 city plan, although Vernon Square now contains a circular street. The plan was derived from James Oglethorpe's plan for Savannah. The area of Vernon and Columbus Wards was platted in 1805. The historic buildings in the area date back to the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. The houses are mostly modest wood-framed structures with weatherboard siding and wood detail.[2]

Vernon Square–Columbus Square Historic District
House at Green and Franklin
LocationRoughly bounded by Market, Trumbull, Rittenhouse and Ft. King George Dr., Darien, Georgia
Area45 acres (18 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.85000581[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1985
Historical marker discussing the burning of Darien

History

The area thrived as a center of the timber industry in the late 19th century. The area contains houses representing Darien's middle-class white and black families. Darien had an unusually large group of middle-class black families in the late 19th century. McIntosh County frequently had a black representative to the state legislature from 1868 to 1907.[2]

Contributing buildings
  • Contributing buildings
  • Darien city hall
  • Methodist Church
  • First African Baptist Church
  • House at Adams and Rittenhouse. One of the few houses not burned during the attack on Darien in 1863 by Union soldiers.
  • House at Franklin & Fort King George Road
  • House in the historic district
  • House on Ft. King George Road between Franklin and Rittenhouse
  • St. Andrews Church – the original building was one of the churches burned by the US Army in 1863.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Carolyn Brooks (January 23, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Vernon Square–Columbus Square Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 28, 2017. with 24 photos from 1984


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