{"nrhp_refnum":"08000711","name":"Dutton-Waller Raised Tybee Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1416 7th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tybee Island","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.516613102000065,"lon":-80.85290217499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-07-24","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 1416 7th Avenue in the Back River section of Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, built in 1938 by Edward A. Dutton as a speculative investment.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, intact example of the raised Tybee cottage, a beach house type unique to Tybee Island and designed for middle-class families. It also represents the first period of intensive resort development on the island. Many such cottages have been demolished, making surviving examples rare.","narrative":"Built in 1938 on Tybee Island, Georgia, this two-story wood-frame cottage is a raised Tybee cottage, a beach house type developed for middle-class families visiting the resort island near Savannah. The main living space sits on the second floor above wood posts, with screened porches on two sides, a front-gable roof, and exterior stairs at front and rear. The ground level holds an auto stall, servant's quarters, and a bath and changing room behind lattice. Inside, the original unpainted heart-pine paneling and bungalow-style plan survive. Edward A. Dutton built it as a speculative investment, and real estate investor Blanche S. Waller bought it in 1940. It was altered in the 1950s and 1960s, then rehabilitated to remove later siding and porch changes. It was listed for its architecture and for representing the first period of intensive resort development on Tybee Island, at a time when few intact examples of this house type remain.","period_of_significance":"c.1938 - 1958","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: raised Tybee cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; rehabilitated after 1950s-60s alterations, with nonhistoric siding and porch elements removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.535526-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08000711.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000711/cb857ed411-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000711/cb857ed411-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Tybee_Island_Dutton-Waller_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_Dutton-Waller_Cottage01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207290","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton%E2%80%93Waller_Raised_Tybee_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5317548"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/dutton-waller-raised-tybee-cottage-08000711/"}