Quitman Historic District

The Quitman Historic District is a 417-acre (169 ha) historic district located in Quitman, Georgia. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

Quitman Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Show map of Georgia Show map of the United States
Location	US 84, Quitman, Georgia
Area	417 acres (169 ha)
Built	1859
Architectural style	Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.	82002388[1]
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1982

The district contains late 19th and early 20th century brick buildings in the commercial district and mainly wood-frame homes from various periods and styles in the residential area. The streets are laid out in a grid with several central parks. It includes 900 contributing buildings.^[2]

Four of the buildings are civic buildings in the commercial center of Quitman:

• Brooks County Jail (1884), on Madison Street, an Eclectic Romanesque-style small brick building, separately NRHP-listed
• Quitman City Hall, 220 E. Screven Street, in an 1887 two-masonry opera house building,
• Brooks County Courthouse (1859), separately NRHP-listed, and
• U.S. Post Office building^[2]