{"nrhp_refnum":"09000186","name":"Brick Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 278 at Little River Rd./Social Circle Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Covington","county":"Newton County","state":"GA","lat":33.60139525300008,"lon":-83.74488044499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story red brick country store built in 1821 at U.S. Highway 278 and Little River Road/Social Circle Road, about seven miles east of Covington in Newton County, Georgia. A 1933 granite monument stands on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the store is an exceptional and rare surviving antebellum general store, with only four older general stores recorded in Georgia. It stood on historic roads and a stagecoach route used by settlers heading west. It also operated as a mercantile from 1821 to 1935 and hosted a temperance lodge, the Independent Order of Good Templars, from 1879 to 1884.","narrative":"Built in 1821 beside U.S. Highway 278 east of Covington, this one-and-a-half-story brick store is a rare surviving example of an early 19th-century Georgia country store. Its load-bearing red brick walls sit on a fieldstone foundation, and the historic floor plan of two open floors with fireplaces remains. The store served settlers traveling a stagecoach route and connected roads toward west Georgia and the Deep South, supplying goods and a place to rest. It also hosted Newton County's first Superior Court session in 1822, served as a post office at various times, and was the meeting hall of a Good Templars temperance lodge from 1879 to 1884. Its mercantile business ended in 1935. A granite monument placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1933 stands on the property, which the county historical society now manages. The building was recognized for its architecture, commerce, settlement history and social history.","period_of_significance":"1821-1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned and managed by the Newton County Historical Society; current functions are listed as monument/marker and clubhouse. The building was significantly renovated in 1973.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.725434-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/09000186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000186/663bc0ff3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000186/663bc0ff3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mailsmc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_Store.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mailsmc</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:Brick_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209168","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Store_(Covington,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16953650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/newton-county/brick-store-09000186/"}