{"nrhp_refnum":"08001282","name":"Lawton Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"136 7th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Airy","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.516864793000025,"lon":-83.50061561799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, Georgian-plan wood-frame house at 136 7th Avenue in the north Georgia resort town of Mount Airy, Habersham County, built in 1884-1885 by Alexander Robert Lawton of Savannah, with a tenant house, privy, garage and other outbuildings on a one-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a variant of the Georgian-plan and raised cottage types adapted for a north Georgia summer resort community, with a conservative Greek Revival portico mixed with Victorian details. It is also tied to Alexander Robert Lawton, a Confederate general, lawyer and railroad executive who invested early in Mount Airy, a railroad resort town. It is significant for architecture, settlement and entertainment/recreation.","narrative":"Built in 1884-1885 for Alexander Robert Lawton of Savannah, this large two-story house in Mount Airy, Georgia, served as a summer retreat in a railroad resort town. Its plan is Georgian, with four principal rooms around a center hall, but several features reflect vacation use: second-floor ceilings twelve feet high against eight feet below, a large sitting room at the top of the stairs, and a front facade with unusual window placement. A two-story portico with four slender Doric columns recalls antebellum Greek Revival design, while louvered attic vents and decorative bargeboards show Victorian influence. The wood-frame house has a 1950s addition and a partly enclosed rear porch. On the one-acre lot are a Craftsman-style tenant house, a privy, historic gateposts and stone retaining walls. Lawton was a Confederate general, Savannah lawyer and railroad executive, and the property is recognized for its architecture, its link to his investment in Mount Airy, and its role in the town's resort history through 1958.","period_of_significance":"c.1884-1885 - 1958","architect_builder":"Alexander Robert Lawton (builder); architect listed as N/A","architectural_style":"Other: Georgian-plan house (with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Stick Style elements)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the main block retains most original doors, windows and trim, with a 1950s addition and a partly enclosed rear porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.169977-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08001282.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208544","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134363688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/lawton-place-08001282/"}