[1][2] "The Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District contains 942 properties (total adjusted to compensate for one double entry in the inventory) with six churches, including the state's oldest High Gothic First Presbyterian Church building (Inv #190, 1869) the Central Business District, three school buildings, two cemeteries, and a number of residences and neighborhood-based businesses.

/ Encompassing the 19th century nucleus of Eufaula, the district contains an especially heavy concentration of buildings erected during the five decades between 1870 and 1920.

Within the boundaries lie the Central Business District (CBD) which is located east of Eufaula Avenue and stretches north to Church Place and south to Barbour Street.

Also represented within the CBD are some fine examples of Itallanate, Renaissance Revival, and other forms of more typical commercial architecture.

Exemplified throughout the remaining portions of the district are some fine examples of Greek Revival cottages, the state's most extensive collection of domestic Itallanate architecture Including several exceptional examples of symmetrical-type Itallanate Villas, Queen Annes, Folk Victorians, Neoclassical Revivals, French Second Empires, Craftsman/ Bungalow, and a number of vernacular types, most of which fall along the line of Folk National forms or two rooms with central chimney houses.