Canon Commercial Historic District
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Canon Commercial Historic District | |
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| Location | Depot St. between Bond Ave. & Broad St., Canon, Georgia |
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| Nearest city | Athens, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34°20′46″N 83°06′36″W / 34.34611°N 83.11000°W |
| Area | 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) |
| Built | 1879 |
| Built by | Bowers, W.F.; Bowers, Job |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001681[1] |
| Designated HD | August 1, 1985 |
The Canon Commercial Historic District in Canon, Georgia is a 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included eight contributing buildings.[1]
It includes the Canon Hotel, a two-story Georgian Revival-style building.[2] and the W.F. Bowers Building, a one-story brick building built in the early 1890s, which, in 1985, had a "deteriorated Greek Revival-style porch at the Depot Street level that is supported by square brick columns. The central portal has a glass transom and a segmental arch and is flanked by a window on each side and four square brick wall pilasters. The porch has square wood columns and a wooden balustrade supported by square brick pillars."[2]
