{"nrhp_refnum":"05000078","name":"Kilby, James Henry and Rachel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 Tumbling Waters Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clayton","county":"Rabun County","state":"GA","lat":34.944120293000026,"lon":-83.49432244099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1898 two-story I-house with a rear ell and an associated transverse crib barn on a half-acre lot in the Persimmon community, about 15 miles northwest of Clayton, Rabun County, Georgia. Henry Kilby built both for his family farm.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an excellent example of an I-house with a rear ell, a house type less common in Georgia than elsewhere in the Southeast. The barn is a good example of a transverse crib barn. Together they are a rare, intact survivor of a small family farm in the Georgia mountains, significant in architecture and agriculture.","narrative":"Built around 1898 by farmer Henry Kilby, this two-story I-house with a one-and-a-half story rear ell sits in the rural Persimmon community of Rabun County, northeast Georgia. It has a hall-parlor plan, original unpainted yellow poplar shiplap siding, native stone chimneys, and pine and poplar interior finishes. A transverse crib barn of hand-hewn logs, built at the same time, stands northeast of the house. The property was once part of a farm of more than 160 acres. The Kilby family grew corn, raised mules, cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens, and sold milk, butter, eggs and woolen goods. Henry Kilby also ran a blacksmith shop and a gristmill. The house is valued as a good example of an I-house, a type less common in Georgia than in other southeastern states, and as a rare, intact small mountain farm. Its period of significance runs from about 1898 to 1950, when the Kilby heirs sold the land. Later owners restored it in the 1960s and added modern conveniences.","period_of_significance":"C. 1898-1950","architect_builder":"James Henry Kilby","architectural_style":"OTHER/I-HOUSE","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant or used for hay storage in the 1950s until 1961, when it was bought and renovated as a residence; since 1973 it has been used by the adjacent camp and for guests.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.682839-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05000078.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_and_Rachel_Kilby_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85770660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/rabun-county/kilby-james-henry-and-rachel-house-05000078/"}