Cordele Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Georgia, United States

United States historic place


Cordele Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie Library
31°58′12″N 83°46′57″W / 31.97000°N 83.78250°W / 31.97000; -83.78250
Area	55 acres (22 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	J.W. Golucke & Co.; T. Firth Lockwood, Sr.
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italianate, Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.	89000803^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 1989

The Cordele Commercial Historic District is a 55 acres (22 ha) historic district in Cordele, Georgia, US which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included 66 contributing buildings and a contributing structure.^[1]

The district is roughly bounded by Sixth Ave., Sixth St., Ninth Ave., and Fourteenth St.^[1]

It includes the Cordele Carnegie Library, a Carnegie library designed by J.W. Golucke & Co. which was built in 1903.^[2]

The 1907 Masonic Lodge was designed in Beaux Arts style by architect T. Firth Lockwood, Sr.^[2]

It includes a U.S. Post Office building (1912–13) credited to James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U. S. Treasury,^[2] which is separately listed on the National Register as United States Post Office (Cordele, Georgia).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Debra A. Curtis (May 24, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cordele Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2018. With accompanying 29 photos from 1988