{"nrhp_refnum":"07000087","name":"McRae, Max and Emma Sue, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 S. Second Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"McRae","county":"Telfair County","state":"GA","lat":32.06501038000005,"lon":-82.90025748199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Neoclassical Revival house at 405 South Second Avenue in McRae, Telfair County, Georgia, built in 1897 on a one-acre lot with two historic outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an excellent and intact local example of Neoclassical Revival architecture in Georgia, with a monumental portico, dentiled entablature, columned side porches and a symmetrical facade. Its interior plan is unusual, using a Queen Anne layout rather than the more common Georgian plan. It also retains original interior finishes.","narrative":"Built in 1897 in downtown McRae, Georgia, this two-story frame house was begun by Charles Benton Parker, a local banker and naval stores businessman, as a wedding present for his niece and ward, Emma Sue Griffith, who married lawyer and public official Max McRae in 1898. The house is a Neoclassical Revival design with a monumental two-story portico, square columns, a dentil-molded entablature, one-story side porches and a symmetrical front facade. Inside, it uses a Queen Anne plan rather than the more usual Georgian arrangement, with a large foyer and main staircase, parlor, dining and drawing rooms, and a butler's pantry. Original plaster walls, moldings, hardwood floors and mantelpieces survive. Changes include stucco-over-brick portico columns installed in the 1940s and a compatible two-story rear addition from the 1970s. A garden shed, a 1930s garage and a modern pool share the lot. It was listed for its architecture as an intact local example of its style.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Neoclassical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; interior restored by recent owners after a 1970s rear addition and 1940s column replacement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.181209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/07000087.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000087/60af716843-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000087/60af716843-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_%26_Emma_Sue_McRae_House,_McRae,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</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:Max_%26_Emma_Sue_McRae_House,_McRae,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209588","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_and_Emma_Sue_McRae_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43080710"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/telfair-county/mcrae-max-and-emma-sue-house-07000087/"}