{"nrhp_refnum":"03000200","name":"Fowler Family Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3813 Atlanta Highway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cumming","county":"Forsyth County","state":"GA","lat":34.15410931300005,"lon":-84.21037129009002,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-acre farm district southwest of Cumming in Forsyth County, Georgia, with a 1922 Craftsman-style bungalow, a 1933 renter's house and several outbuildings built between 1922 and 1947, related to cotton and later poultry production.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be an excellent, intact example of an early-to-mid-20th-century Georgia farm. It reflects the shift from cotton to poultry and cattle in the 1940s after the boll weevil and the Great Depression. Its Craftsman-style house and intact outbuildings, including an experimental two-story chicken house and a renter's house complex, add architectural significance.","narrative":"Southwest of Cumming in fast-growing Forsyth County, Georgia, this ten-acre farm preserves a complete early-20th-century agricultural setting. Alonzo Fowler, a successful farmer, built the one-and-a-half-story Craftsman bungalow in 1922 along with a smokehouse, horse and mule barn, and corncrib and cowshed. A 1933 renter's house and outhouses housed farm workers. As cotton faltered under the boll weevil and the Great Depression, the Fowlers turned to chickens, cattle and pasture. In 1945 Fowler built an experimental two-story chicken house, which proved impractical, and in 1947 he added two long one-story chicken houses set farther from the home. The property was listed for its agricultural importance, showing the diversification of Georgia farming, and for its architecture, including the intact house and outbuildings. Forsyth County bought the land in 2001 and plans to rehabilitate the buildings as a passive park with displays on farm life.","period_of_significance":"1922-1953","architect_builder":"Alonzo Fowler (builder of the main house and outbuildings)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by Forsyth County; current function listed as work in progress, with the house and outbuildings being rehabilitated and preserved for use as a passive park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.089807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000200.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208027","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/forsyth-county/fowler-family-farm-03000200/"}