Sand Hills Historic District
{{short description|Historic district in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Sand Hill Historic District
| nrhp_type =
| image = Sand Hills Historic District, Mt. Auburn Avenue.JPG
| caption =Homes in 2500 block of Mt. Auburn Avenue, in 2015
| location= Roughly bounded by Monte Sano and North View Aves., Mount Auburn St., Johns Rd., and Augusta Country Club., Augusta, Georgia
|coordinates={{coord|33.483333|N|82.020278|W|source:NOTNRIS2013a|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Georgia
| built = 1874
| architect OR builder =
| architecture = Colonial Revival, Mission/spanish Revival, Tudor Revival
| added = July 9, 1997
| area = {{convert|231|acre|km2}}
| refnum = 97000754{{NRISref|version=2013a}}
}}
The Sand Hills Historic District in Augusta, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The district included 334 contributing buildings and a contributing site in a {{convert|231|acre|km2}} area roughly bounded by Monte Sano and North View Aves., Mount Auburn St., Johns Rd., and the Augusta Country Club.
It is also known as Elizabethtown Historic District.
File:Sand Hills Historic District.JPG
The district "is a historic African-American neighborhood located in the western part of Augusta adjacent to the
National Register-listed Summerville Historic District. The neighborhood is laid out in an incomplete grid pattern and consists of a historic African-American cemetery, residential buildings, commercial buildings, community landmark buildings, and landscaped yards and median of a road. The neighborhood's development is closely associated with the development of the Summerville neighborhood. The Sand Hills Historic District has statewide significance in the areas of Architecture, Ethnic Heritage: African American, Community Planning and Development, and Landscape Architecture."{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000754}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sand Hills Historic District |publisher=National Park Service|author=Griff Pollaty |author2=Amy Pallante |date=May 1997 |accessdate=November 7, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=97000754|photos=y|title=accompanying 22 photos from 1996}}
It is roughly bounded by Monte Sano Ave., North View Avenue, Mount Auburn Street, Johns Road, and the Augusta Country Club.
It borders on the Augusta Country Club, which itself borders on the Augusta National Golf Club.
See also
- Sand Hills region of Georgia and the Carolinas
- Sand Hills cottage architecture
References
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{{Commons category|Sand Hills Historic District}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{Augusta, Georgia}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Richmond County, Georgia
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Tudor Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Mission Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1874
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