Between the Rivers Historic District


The Between the Rivers Historic District in Rome, Georgia, USA, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 292 contributing buildings and three contributing structures.
It is a hilly area, with three sides defined by the Etowah River and the Oostanaula River.
Significant buildings in the district include:
  • Busy Bee Cafe Building, 224 Broad Street
  • Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, 400 Broad Street
  • Broad Street Pawn Shop Building, 412 Broad Street
  • Montgomery Ward and Company Building, 413-417 Broad Street
  • Esserman's Department Store, 425-429 Broad Street
  • Maxwell, Quinn, and Garnett Furniture Company, 519 Broad Street
  • Greystone Hotel, 10 Second Avenue
  • Greystone Apartment Building, 12 Second Avenue
  • Tribune Building, 102-104 W. Fourth Avenue
  • Union Bus Terminal, 107 W. Fourth Avenue
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building, 106-108 W. Fifth Avenue
It also includes the Rome Clock Tower, a water tower with a clock, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1980.
It included two historic bridges: a 1916-1917 solid-arch concrete bridge which brings Broad Street over the Etowah River and a 1930
iron truss bridge which brings Second Avenue over the Ooostanaula River.
A boundary increase in 1989 added one contributing building, the Union Bus Terminal, and provided additional information, including that the Second Avenue bridge had been demolished, around 1983, and replaced.