The Pelham Commercial Historic District 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 ...

Pelham, Georgia Pelham is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,507 at the 2020 census, down from 3,898 in 2010. Pelham is well-known for its agriculture, with vast farming of cotton and pecans in the area. History Pelham was i ...

that was listed on the

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in 1983. It included 48

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with a few of which are Carnegie Library of Pelham, a Carnegie library, Hand Trading Company, an "extraordinary" four-story commercial-style building, and two brick railroad depots.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Italianate architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Mitchell County, Georgia Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub