Broad St. between 5th and 13th Sts., Augusta, Georgia. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 28, 1980. NRIS 80001226.
158 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Broad Street Historic District in Augusta, Georgia is a 70 acres (28 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1980. It includes 158 contributing buildings.
The Historic District portion of Broad Street stretches from 13th to 5th Streets. Starting at 13th Street (U.S. Route 25 Business), Broad Street picks up the US 25 Business designation. This section has double-sided median parking. This is Broad Street at its widest point. At the intersection with 6th Street, the Chamber of Commerce building, originally designed by I.M. Pei in the late 1970's can be found in the median.
Beginning in July of 2025 a major renovation of Broad Street began. Construction began on the 800 block with the removal of the "parking pits" and the beginning of the construction of James Brown Linear Park on the median next to the Augusta Common. The construction project will completely redesign the segments between Washington Road and East Boundary Road, though the most of the project will be focusing on the median between 15th Street and 5th Street. A major concern of retail businesses in the district has been about how the project reduces the number of parking spaces on Broad Street from 760 to 590 spaces. As a result a decision was made to add more parking spaces on the adjacent Reynolds and Ellis Streets, which run parallel to Broad Street. A decision was also made to convert Ellis Street into a one-way street to help accommodate more parking on that street. "'Augusta alters Broad Street plans to make up for lost parking'". WJBF. December 18, 2016.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209351