Sand Hills Historic District

Sand Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Homes in 2500 block of Mt. Auburn Avenue, in 2015
33°29′00″N 82°01′13″W / 33.483333°N 82.020278°W / 33.483333; -82.020278
Area	231 acres (0.93 km2)
Built	1874
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Mission/spanish Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	97000754[1]
Added to NRHP	July 9, 1997

The Sand Hills Historic District in Augusta, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1] The district included 334 contributing buildings and a contributing site in a 231 acres (0.93 km²) area roughly bounded by Monte Sano and North View Aves., Mount Auburn St., Johns Rd., and the Augusta Country Club.^[1]

It is also known as Elizabethtown Historic District.

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."^[2]

It is roughly bounded by Monte Sano Ave., North View Avenue, Mount Auburn Street, Johns Road, and the Augusta Country Club.^[2]

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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