MidTown (Columbus, Georgia)

Midtown's boundaries are Talbott on and Warm Springs Roads to the north; I-185 to the east; Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the south; and 10th Avenue to the west.

[2] Shortly after the founding of Columbus, Georgia in 1828, wealthy Columbites began to look beyond the original city limits to build suburban estates and gardens.

In 1887, John F. Flournoy and Louis F. Garrard purchased the Columbus Railroad Company and created the Belt Line trolley, "a coke-burning, steam-powered dummy engine [that] pulled one or two cars eastward from downtown out 10th Street up the hill into Wynton, turning north at Wynton School, circling around the northern edge of the new Wildwood Park and returning to downtown on 18th Street.

Population increases, national trends, a growing middle-class, and a fire that destroyed one and a half blocks of houses in downtown Columbus, pushed people outside the city limits.

In 1925, the completion of the thirteenth street viaduct made automobile access easier and in that same year the city limits of Columbus grew to include the rapidly developing Midtown area.

Flournoy, a prominent and prolific Columbus developer, hired the nationally acclaimed landscape architect Earle S. Draper to design Peacock Woods as a picturesque neighbourhood with curving streets and park-like settings.

The center of the district (known as Rock Park) was developed by Charles Frank Williams and the southwest portion (known as Wynnton Heights) was subdivided by Hezikiah Land.

Both structures are listed in the National Register, and they illustrate the area's original use as a setting for suburban estates prior to the American Civil War.

Today, the Weracoba / St. Elmo Historic District is a vibrant multi-use residential, recreational, educational, and commercial area with a strong sense of community among its residents.

[4] An example of an early- to mid-20th-century residential neighborhood developed from antebellum estates and in response to the streetcar line which ran along the southern and eastern boundaries of the district.

In 1834, Colonel William L. Wynn purchased 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land located on a rise east of downtown Columbus, just beyond the city limits.

During the 1920s, a majority of the district was purchased and developed by Lloyd G. Bowers who hired nationally acclaimed landscape architect Earle S. Draper to design a picturesque neighbourhood.

Draper's signature style of curvilinear streets and park-like settings can also be seen in the Peacock Woods-Dimon Circle Historic District and in the 1920s expansion of the village at the Bibb Mill (located outside of MidTown).