{"nrhp_refnum":"12000149","name":"Taylor-Brawner House and Brawner Sanitarium","other_names":["Mary Taylor House","Taylor Farm","Dr. Albert Brawner House","Brawner Hospital"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3180 Atlanta Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Smyrna","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.87538077000005,"lon":-84.50706147599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two historic buildings on a 10-acre tract along Atlanta Road in Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia: a one-story wood-framed house built c.1897 for Mary Taylor, and the two-story Brawner Sanitarium built in 1910 with a 1914 rear addition.","why_significant":"The sanitarium opened in 1910 as one of the first private psychiatric hospitals in Georgia and led in treating alcoholism, drug addiction and other disorders in the southeastern United States. The adjacent house was home to Dr. Albert Brawner, a prominent psychiatrist and resident physician, and later served as hospital offices. Together they document the Brawner family's medical work and the growth of a hospital campus.","narrative":"On a 10-acre tract along Atlanta Road in Smyrna, Georgia, two buildings recall a long-running private psychiatric practice. The older is a one-story wood-framed house built around 1897 for Mary Taylor, with a central hall plan, weatherboard siding and a wraparound porch. Dr. Albert Brawner and his family moved in around 1922, and from 1960 to 1995 it served as hospital offices. The larger building, the Brawner Sanitarium, was completed in 1910 as a two-story frame structure with a pedimented portico and fluted Ionic columns. It opened with 25 beds, gained a masonry rear addition in 1914, and grew to about 100 beds by the 1980s. It was among the first private psychiatric hospitals in Georgia and treated alcoholism, drug addiction and other disorders. Its architect and builder remain unidentified. Both buildings have since been rehabilitated, one for events and one for city offices, within a public park setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and builder of the sanitarium not identified; Randall Brothers of Atlanta supplied construction materials","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival; Other: Georgian Cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings have been rehabilitated: the house as an events facility and the sanitarium as city of Smyrna offices, classrooms and meeting space. The surrounding grounds are now a public park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.83781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/12000149.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207612","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/taylor-brawner-house-and-brawner-sanitarium-12000149/"}