Moultrie Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Georgia, United States

United States historic place


Moultrie Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Colquitt Towers, formerly the Colquitt Hotel
31°10′48″N 83°47′14″W / 31.18°N 83.787222°W / 31.18; -83.787222
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Architect	A.J. Bryan and Company, T.F. Lockwood, others
Architectural style	Art Deco, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	94000543^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1994

The Moultrie Commercial Historic District, in Moultrie in Colquitt County, Georgia, is a 48 acres (19 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The district is roughly bounded by NE. First Ave., SE. Second Ave., W. First St. and E. Fourth St. In 1994, the district included 61 contributing buildings and one contributing object.^[1] It also included 17 non-contributing buildings.^[2]

The district included three properties which were already separately listed on the National Register:

Colquitt County Courthouse (1902), listed in 1980, designed by A.J. Bryan and Company
Colquitt County Jail (1915), listed in 1980
Carnegie Library of Moultrie (1909), listed in 1982, designed by T.F. Lockwood.^[2]

The district includes Colquitt Towers, a former hotel which was called Colquitt Hotel, a four-story Colonial Revival-style building with balustrade and urns on roof and on arched openings.^[2]^: 7

Colquitt Theatre
Federal Building
Moultrie Banking Company Building

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c John Kissane and Leslie N. Sharp (April 21, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Moultrie Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2017. With 24 photos.