Norcross, Gwinnett County
Norcross painting for the historic district and beyond
Norcross is a railroad town chartered in 1870, and its historic district still reads like one. Around that core, about four in five homes were built in 1980 or later, including a large share of townhomes.
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- Scheduled from Tucker
- Interior and exterior
Updated October 2026
Short answer
Norcross has two kinds of housing to paint: the historic district, listed on the National Register in 1980 and preserved as a 19th century railroad town, and the newer neighborhoods around it. Old houses need patient scraping and porch repair; the newer stock, where 19.4% of homes are attached, leans toward townhome exteriors and interior repaints.
Homes in Norcross
A 19th century railroad core and the suburbs that grew around it
Norcross started with a land purchase: John J. Thrasher bought 250 acres in September 1869, and the Georgia General Assembly chartered the town on October 26, 1870. The rail line tied it together, after former Atlanta mayor Jonathan Norcross proposed the Richmond-Danville Railroad in 1856. The Norcross Historic District, preserved as a 19th century railroad town, joined the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980.
Houses from a railroad town of that era tend to be wood from the porch floor to the window sash: lap siding, turned posts, beadboard ceilings and sills that have been painted many times. Original layers can include lead, so scraping is done with lead-safe methods, and soft porch boards or column bases are repaired before anything is primed.
Away from the district, the city filled in much later. 32.2% of homes date from the 1980s and 21.1% from the 2000s, and attached units make up 19.4% of housing, so townhome communities with shared exterior colors sit beside detached houses. About six in ten occupied homes are owner-occupied.
Work we do here
Norcross jobs, from porch floors to townhome rows
Porch & Patio Painting
Wood porch floors, beadboard ceilings and steps on older Norcross houses scraped, repaired and repainted.
Wood Rot Repair Before Painting
Soft porch boards, column bases and window sills rebuilt before primer on historic houses.
Exterior House Painting
Lap siding and trim on older homes near the railroad, prepped with lead-safe scraping where needed.
HOA & Townhome Painting
Townhome rows in 1980s and newer communities painted to the approved color schedule.
Front Door & Shutter Painting
Front doors and shutters repainted when you want a new color without a full exterior job.
Interior House Painting
Room-by-room repaints in newer Norcross homes, with trim and doors in a durable enamel.
Scheduling
Booking Norcross work from 4th Street
We schedule Norcross from our office in Tucker. Call any hour and tell us whether the house is in the historic district, a townhome community or a newer subdivision. Older houses get extra prep days built in for scraping and carpentry, and for townhomes we check the community color list first. Then we set the walk-through.
Questions
Painting questions from Norcross
Yes. Old wood is prepped by hand where needed, porch and trim rot is repaired, and original layers are scraped with lead-safe methods before priming.
Porch floor paint is the usual choice on an older painted porch because it bonds to the existing coating and cleans easily. Bare or newly replaced boards can take a solid stain instead.
Yes. A door and shutter repaint can be booked on its own, with the door painted in place or taken down for a smoother finish.
John J. Thrasher bought the land in 1869, and the Georgia General Assembly chartered the town on October 26, 1870.
Ready when you are
Old porch or new townhome in Norcross?
Either way, call when it suits you. We answer every hour and will set a time to look at the house.