{"nrhp_refnum":"04000930","name":"Elms, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 36 at Sun Rise Rd. or Red Bone Rd., near Pleasant Hill, 3 mi. E of Woodland","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodland","county":"Talbot County","state":"GA","lat":32.78927553600005,"lon":-84.50642550453709,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, frame Greek Revival plantation house with associated farm outbuildings on a 24-acre tract about three miles east of Woodland, near Pleasant Hill in rural Talbot County, Georgia, built circa 1840 by Robert H. Dixon.","why_significant":"It is the surviving 24-acre core of a once-large plantation and farm, and it retains farm outbuildings including an unusual 1886 fieldstone water tower with a waterwheel. Owner Daniel G. Owen was noted for innovative post-Civil War farming and received wide press coverage. The house is also a good example of antebellum Greek Revival architecture with hand-hewn timber construction and much original fabric.","narrative":"Three miles east of Woodland in rural Talbot County, The Elms is a one-story Greek Revival house built around 1840 by state legislator Robert H. Dixon. Its wide central hall, four main rooms, rear and front porches, and hipped roof sit on fieldstone piers above storm, storage and wine cellars. The frame is hand-hewn timber joined with mortise and tenon and pegs, and most mantels, floors, hardware and windows are original. The 24 acres are what remains of a plantation of several hundred acres. Daniel G. Owen bought it in 1858 and, after the Civil War and the loss of enslaved labor, became known for innovative farming. He ran a cotton gin, flour mill and syrup mill, experimented with fish culture, and built an 1886 fieldstone water tower with a waterwheel that supplied water and cooling to the farm. The tower, a smokehouse, barns and other outbuildings survive, along with historic plantings and a roadside stone wall. The property is significant for both agriculture and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1840-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single-family dwelling; the guest house is not in use and is being repaired, and the smokehouse and restored well shelter are not presently used.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.854857-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/04000930.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000930/b10fd47cdc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000930/b10fd47cdc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Elms;_Woodland,_GA_(NRHP).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Elms;_Woodland,_GA_(NRHP).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209546","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134463295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/talbot-county/elms-the-04000930/"}