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Tifton
Tifton is a city in and the county seat of Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 17,045 at the 2020 census. The area's public schools are administered by the Tift County School District. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has its main campus in Tifton. Southern Regional Technical College and the University of Georgia also have Tifton campuses. Sites in the area include the Coastal Plain Research Arboretum, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and the Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village. The Tifton Commercial Historic District and the Tifton Residential Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Tifton was founded in 1872 in Berrien County at the junction of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and the Brunswick and Western Railroad by sawmill owner Henry H. Tift. Tifton was incorporated as a city in 1890. In 1905, it was designated county seat of the newly formed Tift County. Several Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifton Residential Historic District
The Tifton Residential Historic District, in Tifton, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. History and description The majority of the district is residential. The site is roughly bounded by 14th St., Goff, & 2nd Sts. & Forrest Ave. Gas stations, boarding houses, motels, and restaurants were built in the district from the mid-1920s through the 1950s to serve U.S. Highway 41, which was – and still is – a major tourism route between Georgia and Florida. Includes accompanying 95 photos from 2005, and detailed map at very end. ( Text-only version published by National Park Service also available at .) The district was deemed historically significant because it is a "good example of a historic white residential area" from the 20th century. It also contains "an excellent collection" of Queen Anne and Craftsman architectural styles. Structures The listing includes 624 contributing buildings, a contributing stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifton Commercial Historic District
Tifton Commercial Historic District, in Tifton, Georgia, Tifton in Tift County, Georgia, is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1986 and expanded in 1994. The original listing was portions of 10 blocks including buildings from the 1890s to the late 1930s, most built of brick. with The original district was in size and included two groups of building in areas on the north and south sides of east–west Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, to the east of the north–south Southern Railway (U.S.), Southern Railway line. It included 57 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. Notable resources are: *Tift County Courthouse (1912), Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux Arts in style, designed by William A. Edwards, separately NRHP-listed in 1980 *Lockeby Building (1937), deemed "a fine local example" of Art Deco architecture, Art Deco with "its cast-stone vertical banding" *Tift Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
