McDonough Historic District
The McDonough Historic District, in McDonough, Georgia, is a 200-acre historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is centered on Griffin St. and Keys Ferry St. and has buildings dating back to 1823. The district includes 187 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, one contributing site, and a contributing object, as well as 71 non-contributing buildings.
The district includes most of historic McDonough, including the separately NRHP-listed Henry County Courthouse and the courthouse square.
Specifically it includes:
Resource | Photo | Dates | Location | Notes |
Welcome Center | 5 Griffin St. | Former gas station which currently houses the McDonough Welcome Center Main Street Program and the McDonough Hospitality and Tourism, Inc. office | ||
Henry County Courthouse | 1895-97 built | Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by Golucke & Stewart. | ||
Confederate Memorial | 1910 built | Courthouse square | ||
Brown House | 71 Macon St. | House expanded in 1883 to current two-story size, then serving as Brown House Hotel | ||
First Baptist Church of McDonough | 1903-04 built | 101 Macon St | Gothic Revival brick church with bell tower, lancet windows, castellation | |
Palace Theatre | 1912 | 2 Macon St., on courthouse square | Built as a one-story brick building in 1912. Served as a movie theater by 1918; expanded in size by 1930 | |
Globe Hotel | 1827 built 1985 NRHP-listed | 20 Jonesboro St. | Separately NRHP-listed | |
Commercial storefronts | 18 Macon St. | Brick-faced commercial buildings on courthouse square. |