Architect Multiple Area 18 ha | NRHP Reference # 85000581 Added to NRHP 14 March 1985 | |
 | ||
Location Roughly bounded by Market, Trumbull, Rittenhouse and Ft. King George Dr., Darien, Georgia Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian | ||
The Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District is an historic area on the eastern side of Darien, Georgia. It encompasses two squares of the original 1805 city plan, although Vernon Square now contains a circular street. The plan was derived from James Oglethorpe's plan for Savannah. The area of Vernon and Columbus Wards was platted in 1805. The historic buildings in the area date back to the mid-19th and early 20th century. The houses are mostly modest wood-framed houses with weatherboard siding and wood detail.
Contents
History
The area thrived as a center of the timber industry in the late 19th century. The area contains houses representing Darien's middle-class white and black families. Darien had an unusually large group of middle-class black families in the late 19th century. McIntosh County frequently had a black representative to the state legislature from 1868 to 1907.