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Broad Street Historic District (Augusta, Georgia)
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The Broad Street Historic District in Augusta, Georgia
is a 70 acres (28.3 ha) historic district
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP) in 1980. It includes 158 contributing buildings.
The Historic District portion of Broad Street stretches from Thirteenth to Fifth Streets. Starting at Thirteenth Street (Georgia State Route 4), Broad Street has double-sided median parking. At Eleventh Street, it gets rid of the open parking in the median and picks up a shady, submerged parking pit in the median. This is Broad Street at its widest point. On the sixth block of Broad Street, the chamber of commerce building can be found in the median.
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
is a 70 acres (28.3 ha) historic district
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(NRHP) in 1980. It includes 158 contributing buildings.
The Historic District portion of Broad Street stretches from Thirteenth to Fifth Streets. Starting at Thirteenth Street (Georgia State Route 4), Broad Street has double-sided median parking. At Eleventh Street, it gets rid of the open parking in the median and picks up a shady, submerged parking pit in the median. This is Broad Street at its widest point. On the sixth block of Broad Street, the chamber of commerce building can be found in the median.
Notable buildings
- Imperial Theatre
- Lamar BuildingLamar BuildingThe Lamar Building is an 18-story skyscraper in Augusta, Georgia. It was scheduled to be completed in 1916, but a fire forced crews to demolish the building and restart. It was finally completed in 1918. A penthouse level was added in 1976. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
, at 753 Broad Street, a building which is separately NRHP-listed. - Miller TheaterMiller TheaterThe Miller Theater is a former movie theater located in Augusta, Georgia. The Miller was built by architect Roy A. Benjamin utilizing the Arte Moderne style of architecture and was owned by Frank Miller. Due to an economic downturn in the 1980s in downtown Augusta, the theater was forced to close...
— in renovation - News Building — home of The Augusta Chronicle
See also
- Augusta Downtown Historic DistrictAugusta Downtown Historic DistrictAugusta Downtown Historic District is a historic district that encompasses most of Downtown Augusta, Georgia and its pre-Civil War area.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.-Notable Historic sites:...
- History of Augusta, GeorgiaHistory of Augusta, GeorgiaAugusta, Georgia was founded in 1735 as part of the British colony of Georgia, under the supervision of colony founder James Oglethorpe. It was the colony's second established town, after Savannah...
External links
- Broad Street Artists' Row
- Gallery on the Row — various artists