{"nrhp_refnum":"08000441","name":"Johnson, J. Herbert and Julia, Raised Tybee Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1306 Jones Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tybee Island","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":31.99635459600006,"lon":-80.84961246499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame raised Tybee cottage at 1306 Jones Avenue on Tybee Island, Georgia, built in 1931-1932 by J. Herbert and Julia Johnson as a seaside house.","why_significant":"It is a good, largely intact example of the raised Tybee cottage, a house type unique to Tybee Island and now increasingly rare. It is a variant because the living room and kitchen were placed on the ground floor. It also represents the first period of intensive resort development on the island, the only middle-class resort on the Georgia coast.","narrative":"Built in 1931-1932 for J. Herbert and Julia Johnson, this two-story frame beach house at 1306 Jones Avenue on Tybee Island, Georgia, is an example of the raised Tybee cottage, a type found only on the island. The main living quarters sit a full story above ground on wood posts, protected from high water, with a hip roof, overhanging eaves, wraparound porch and weatherboard siding. The Johnsons departed from the usual layout by putting the living room and kitchen on the ground floor instead of servants' quarters. Tybee grew as a resort for Savannah residents, especially after the Tybee Road opened in 1923, and it is the only middle-class resort on the Georgia coast. Development pressure has led to the demolition of many similar cottages, leaving few intact. A 2006 rehabilitation repaired or replaced damaged materials in kind, and the house remains a single-family dwelling with strong historic integrity.","period_of_significance":"1931-1932 - 1958","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: raised Tybee cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; rehabilitated in 2006 and certified by the National Park Service, with the exterior retaining a high level of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.020929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08000441.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000441/b25595f718-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000441/b25595f718-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Tybee_Island_Johnson_Cottage01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</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:GA_Tybee_Island_Johnson_Cottage01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207318","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134272760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/johnson-j-herbert-and-julia-raised-tybee-cottage-08000441/"}