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The Between the Rivers Historic District in Rome, Georgia, USA, is a 90 acres (36 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 292 contributing buildings and three contributing structures. [1] It is a hilly area, with three sides defined by the Etowah River and the Oostanaula ...
The Rome Jaycees raised over $80,000 in 1986 in order to provide landscaping on top of Neely Hill around the clock tower. The historical clock tower is now a museum, which opened in 1995, once again with the help of the Rome Jaycees. The inside of the water tank now displays works of art by local artist Chuck Smultz.
The East Rome Historic District, in Rome, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 112 contributing buildings on 60 acres (24 ha). [1] The district is mostly residential. It is roughly bounded by Walnut Ave., McCall Blvd., E. 8th and 10th Streets in Rome.
The museum's exhibits focus on Major Ridge and 19th-century Cherokee life and culture. Ridge's plantation had extended to the river, which he used for travel and transport of his cotton to market. An eight-acre area along the river is now part of Riverside Park in Rome, Georgia.
Rome: 22: Joseph Ford House: Joseph Ford House: June 19, 1980 : Love and Alabama Sts. Cave Spring: 23: Georgia School for the Deaf Historic District: Georgia School for the Deaf Historic District: June 19, 1980 : Padlock St.
Oak Hill is a 170-acre (0.69 km 2) estate Greek revival mansion.Oak Hill was an original Victorian-style farmhouse that was built in 1847. During the American Civil War and the capture of Rome during The Atlanta Campaign, the estate was used by the Union soldiers as a place to stay. [1]
Broad Street in downtown Rome, Georgia. The history of Rome, Georgia extends to thousands of years of human settlement by ancient Native Americans. Spanish explorers recorded reaching the area in the later 16th century, and European Americans of the United States founded the city named Rome in 1834, when the residents of the area were still primarily Cherokee, before their removal on the Trail ...
The South Broad Street Historic District in Rome, Georgia is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 41 contributing buildings. [1] It includes large houses on South Broad Street, built of brick and frame, built during 1880 to 1910. [2]