{"nrhp_refnum":"08001247","name":"Demorest Women's Club","other_names":["Demorest Methodist Episcopal Church","Demorest Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1035 Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Demorest","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.568298180000056,"lon":-83.54408012399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Other"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story (front) and two-story (rear) wood-frame, gable-front clubhouse at 1035 Central Avenue in Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia. It was built in 1902 as a Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and designed and built by George H. Cason.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion A in women's history for its association with the Georgia women's club movement. The Demorest Woman's Club bought the vacant church in 1954 and adapted it as its clubhouse. The club supported community health, school, beautification and college projects, and the significance relates to this later use rather than to the original church.","narrative":"This wood-frame building on Central Avenue in Demorest, across from Piedmont College, was built in 1902 as a Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by local master builder George H. Cason. Because of the steep slope, it looks one story from the street but has two stories at the rear. The church congregation merged with another in 1947, and the building stood empty until 1954, when the Demorest Woman's Club bought it from the church trustees for one dollar. The club removed the steeple and chimneys, replaced the foundation and windows, and added a kitchen and a stage. The club, founded in 1934 by 11 women, helped with school, health, sanitation and beautification projects and aided the college's building fund. The clubhouse also hosted community theater groups and Boy Scouts. The building was listed for its role in women's history in Habersham County and the Georgia women's club movement, with significance tied to its use as a clubhouse from 1954 onward.","period_of_significance":"1954-1958","architect_builder":"George H. Cason","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a clubhouse; the form says it retains a high level of integrity from its time as a women's club.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.234949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08001247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001247/15593b15ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001247/15593b15ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hhoschton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demorest_Woman%27s_Club.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hhoschton</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:Demorest_Woman%27s_Club.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demorest_Women%27s_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55609342"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/demorest-womens-club-08001247/"}