{"nrhp_refnum":"06000987","name":"Strong-Davis-Rice-George House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 Hudson Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eatonton","county":"Putnam County","state":"GA","lat":33.32779144400007,"lon":-83.39965264999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame I-house at 107 Hudson Road in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, built by or shortly before 1824 on what was once a family farm, with one original outbuilding on 1.27 acres.","why_significant":"The house is a rare surviving early 19th-century I-house in Georgia, showing hand-craftsmanship and a 'pure' form without a front porch or rear rooms at construction. It is also significant in social history for its link to prominent local landowners, including judge Christopher B. Strong and state senator Charles P. Gordon, in a community founded in 1808.","narrative":"Located at the fork of two local roads in Eatonton, this two-story frame I-house was built by or shortly before 1824 and once belonged to a family farm. Its heavy timber frame uses hand-hewn posts and beams joined with hand-cut mortise-and-tenon connections, set on native rock piers. The plan is three bays wide with a central hall and one room on each side of both floors; two single-story rear buildings were later joined by an extended hall. Heart-pine floors, hand-planed ceilings and some original mantles and doors survive. Evidence found during rehabilitation suggests the house originally had no porch and no rear range of rooms, unlike the typical plantation plain I-house. Architecturally, it is a rare early example of its type in Georgia. It is also tied to early owners including attorney and judge Christopher B. Strong and state senator Charles P. Gordon, and one original 1820s outbuilding remains nearby.","period_of_significance":"1824-1895","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: I-House","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is a single dwelling; the house was rehabilitated in 2002-2003, with modern kitchen, bathrooms and porches replacing earlier additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.198801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/06000987.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209304","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134440971"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/putnam-county/strong-davis-rice-george-house-06000987/"}