Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District

Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District

House at Green and Franklin
Location Roughly bounded by Market, Trumbull, Rittenhouse and Ft. King George Dr., Darien, Georgia
Area 45 acres (18 ha)
Built 1805 (1805)
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 85000581[1]
Added to NRHP March 14, 1985
Historical marker discussing the burning of Darien

The Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District is an historic area on the eastern side of Darien, Georgia. It encompasses two squares of the original 1805 city plan, although Vernon Square now contains a circular street. The plan was derived from James Oglethorpe's plan for Savannah.

The historic buildings in the area date back to the mid-19th and early 20th century. The houses are mostly modest wood-framed houses with weatherboard siding and wood detail.

History

The area thrived as a center of the timber industry in the late 19th century. The area contains houses representing Darien's middle-class white and black families. Darien had an unusually large group of middle-class black families in the late 19th century. McIntosh County frequently had a black representative to the state legislature from 1868 to 1907.

Contributing buildings

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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