{"nrhp_refnum":"10000804","name":"Rourke, James and Odessa, Jr., Raised Tybee Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"702 14th St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tybee Island","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":31.996989576000033,"lon":-80.85257568099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-23","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 raised beach cottage at 702 14th Street on Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, made in 1946 by moving an older one-story bungalow to the lot and raising it a full story on brick piers.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, intact example of the raised Tybee cottage, a middle-class beach house type unique to Tybee Island and now increasingly rare. It also represents Tybee's resort development and is among the first year-round cottages in the Venetian Terrace Subdivision.","narrative":"Located at 702 14th Street on Tybee Island, Georgia, this two-story frame beach house was created in 1946, when James Rourke Jr. moved an older one-story bungalow to a corner lot near Tybee Creek and raised it a full story on brick piers for his new bride, Odessa. It has a hip roof, wraparound porch, asbestos-shingle siding added over weatherboards, and an open ground level with auto stalls, changing rooms, shower rooms and servants' quarters. The cottage is a well-preserved example of the raised Tybee cottage, a beach house type built for middle-class families and found only on Tybee Island, where as many as 110 were built. Many have been demolished as land values rose. The house also reflects the island's growth as a resort for Savannah residents after the Tybee Road opened in 1923, and it was among the first year-round homes in the Venetian Terrace Subdivision. Its significance covers architecture, community development and recreation from 1946 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1946 - 1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: raised Tybee cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.388869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/10000804.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000804/686b4a53a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000804/686b4a53a7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Slowking4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_odess_o%27rourke_raised_cottage_702_14th_ave2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Slowking4</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:James_odess_o%27rourke_raised_cottage_702_14th_ave2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207339","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134273041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/rourke-james-and-odessa-jr-raised-tybee-cottage-10000804/"}