{"nrhp_refnum":"01001432","name":"Woodall-Patton House and Post Office","other_names":["U.S. Post Office - Schley, Georgia","Patton Hill Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 240, 3 mi. W of US19","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ellaville","county":"Schley County","state":"GA","lat":32.332465755000044,"lon":-84.34506567999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame double-pen farmhouse near Ellaville in Schley County, Georgia, believed built around 1870-1871, together with a frame smokehouse. Its front parlor served as a U.S. post office from 1888 to 1905.","why_significant":"It is an intact, early and relatively rare central Georgia example of a double-pen farmhouse, retaining its original plan, floors, walls, doors, mantels and porch. Its front room served as the Schley Post Office, run by members of the Woodall family, providing mail service to rural northwestern Schley County until rural delivery began from Ellaville.","narrative":"Near the crossroads community of Concord in rural Schley County, Georgia, this one-story frame farmhouse was built around 1870-1871 on a 100-acre tract bought by Elizabeth Woodall. It follows the double-pen plan, with two front rooms, each with its own door to the porch and no hall. Original floors, walls, ceilings, doors, porcelain knobs and mantels survive, and a frame smokehouse remains. From 1888 to 1905 the front living room served as the Schley Post Office, locally called the Patton Hill Post Office. James W. Woodall was the first postmaster, followed by his sister Mary Ella Woodall Patton. The office closed when rural delivery began from Ellaville. The property is recognized for its architecture, as an early and unusual central Georgia example of the double-pen type, and for its role in rural communications and government. The family sold the house in 1933, and it is now unoccupied and used for storage.","period_of_significance":"c.1871-1932","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style (double-pen house type)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently unoccupied and used for storage; a nearby barn is a collapsed ruin.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.971993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01001432.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodall%E2%80%93Patton_House_and_Post_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16917590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/schley-county/woodall-patton-house-and-post-office-01001432/"}