Calhoun Downtown Historic District

Historic district in Georgia, United States

United States historic place


Calhoun Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Gordon County Courthouse
34°30′09″N 84°57′05″W / 34.50250°N 84.95139°W / 34.50250; -84.95139
Area	22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built	1877
Architect	William F. Cann, others
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	11000332^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 8, 2011

The Calhoun Downtown Historic District in Calhoun, Georgia is a 22 acres (8.9 ha) area which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1] The district includes 44 contributing buildings and 12 non-contributing ones.^[2]

It includes works by architect William F. Cann and others.^[2] In the Great Locomotive Chase, the train stopped here.

It includes:

old U.S. Post Office building, which in 2011 was serving as the Calhoun police station
Gordon County Courthouse (1962)^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Denise Messick; Dan H. Latham, Jr. (April 2011). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Calhoun Downtown Historic District. National Archives. Retrieved February 16, 2021. Include 34 photos from 2009. (Downloading may be slow.)