Paradise Park Historic District

Paradise Park Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Metcalf Ave., Colton, Broad, and Loomis Sts. (original), 502 S. Broad St. (increase), Thomasville, Georgia
Coordinates 30°49′56″N 83°58′25″W / 30.83222°N 83.97361°W / 30.83222; -83.97361Coordinates: 30°49′56″N 83°58′25″W / 30.83222°N 83.97361°W / 30.83222; -83.97361
Built 1907 (increase)
Architect Multiple (original); Brantley, Roderick; Robinson, Joe (increase)
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian (original); Classical Revival, Modern Movement (increase)
NRHP Reference # 84001256[1] (original)
02000292 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 7, 1984
Boundary increase April 1, 2002

Paradise Park Historic District in Thomasville, Georgia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places was 1984 and it was increased in 2002.[1] It consists of Thomasville's Paradise Park, and properties including 15 contributing buildings and one non-contributing building.

The area, subdivided from S. Alexander Smith estate, was known as "Yankee's Paradise" at the turn of the 20th century, when Northern visitors had winter homes and cottages in the area. Residents included George Forbes, owner of Forbes Furniture and Hardware; W.S. Keefer, president of the Thomasville Cigar Company; Charles Hebard, a Philadelphia-based lumber "magnate"; and Judge Strawbridge, a clothing distributor.[2]

The increase added the property at 502 South Broad Street as a contributing building and provided documentation justifying reclassification to "contributing" of a previously non-contributing building.[3]


References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Andrea Niles (June 13, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Paradise Park Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 3, 2016. with photos
  3. Holly L. Anderson and Nancy Tinker (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Paradise Park Historic District (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 3, 2016. with three photos
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