The majority of the district is residential. The site is roughly bounded by 14th St., Goff, & 2nd Sts. & Forrest Ave.[1] 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,[A] which was – and still is – a major tourism route between
Georgia and
Florida.[2]
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.[2]
the former Pope House-Lankford Manor (1892), 401 Love Avenue, in recent years the Three Graces Manorbed and breakfast.[3] Built as a single-family house, it was converted into a
boarding house and restaurant in 1934, with enclosure of its two-story porch. Includes
Queen Anne-stylistic elements including use of
pedimented gables and decorative wood shingles.[2]
former Tifton City Hall (1950), 127 Central Avenue North
the former Tifton High School (c.1917) and its gymnasium and vocational building, 225 Tift Avenue North.[2]
1906 First Baptist Church (1906), at 404 Love Avenue, a brick,
Romanesque Revival-style church, with an arcaded entrance, round-arched stained-glass windows, and two square corner towers. Designed by architect
T. Firth Lockwood, Jr. (1894–1963).[2] (Or, more likely, by
T. Firth Lockwood, Sr. (1868–1920))
First Baptist Church (1961), also at 404 Love Avenue, stone and brick veneered, with a large
rose window.[2]
First Presbyterian Church (1911), 217 N. Park Avenue, brick
Gothic Revival.-style church with overhanging eaves, exposed rafters, stained glass, pointed-arch doors and windows, and brick buttresses.
Tifton Primitive Baptist Church (1917), 401 Tift Avenue North, designed by Tifton architect C.W. Fulwood, Jr.; brick Gothic Revival.
First United Methodist Church (1952), at E. 12th Street and Central Avenue, brick,
Colonial Revival, with "a pedimented
portico with
modillions and full height
Doric columns."[2]
Fulwood Park, a 42 acres (17 ha) city park, including a stone arched entrance (1934) erected by the Tifton Garden Club in honor of former mayor Columbus W. Fulwood, Sr. (with entrance designed by Columbus W. Fulwood, Jr.).[2]