The district developed between about 1852 and 1939, and includes representative examples of Italianate and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.

Notable contributing buildings include the Odd Fellows Building (c. 1890), Hopewell Evangelical Lutheran Church (c. 1859, c. 1880), Salem Lutheran Church (1880), and New Augusta Depot (c.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

[1] Painter Florence Smithburn was a native of New Augusta.

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