Broad Street Historic District (LaGrange, Georgia)
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Broad Street Historic District in LaGrange, Georgia is a
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
. It includes the 1855-built
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, an "outstanding example" of a high-style
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
mansion which is a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
. Post
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 â€“ May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
architectural styles represented in the district include "eclectic Victorian styles", turn-of-the-20th-century Neoclassical and
Georgian Revival Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...
styles and early-twentieth-century
Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...
and Craftsman/Bungalow styles". with


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Geography of Troup County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Troup County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub