{"nrhp_refnum":"13000530","name":"Cobb, T.R.R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175 Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95948935100006,"lon":-83.38506321699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white frame house at 194 Prince Avenue in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, thought to have been built by Charles H. McKinley, with octagonal wings and a Doric portico added in 1852.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant in local and state history for its architecture and its owners. Its octagonal wings are unique in Athens, and T. R. R. Cobb, a prominent jurist and Confederate general, lived there. It is also one of the few surviving 19th-century residences on a commercialized Prince Avenue.","narrative":"Prince Avenue in Athens was once a prime address for the city's elite, and the T. R. R. Cobb House is one of the few early residences left among later commercial development. The two-story white frame house was thought to have been built by Charles H. McKinley and was bought in 1842 by Joseph Henry Lumpkin. According to Cobb's papers, two octagonal wings and a two-story portico with Greek Doric columns were added in 1852, wings that are unique in Athens and reflect the octagon fashion of the 1840s and 1850s. Thomas R. R. Cobb lived here as reporter of the state Supreme Court, founder of the Lucy Cobb Institute, co-founder of the University of Georgia law school, and a Confederate brigadier general killed at Fredericksburg in 1862. Later occupants included a fraternity, and St. Joseph's Catholic Church used it as a parish house and rectory. The house was later dismantled and moved to Stone Mountain.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles H. McKinley (thought to have built the house)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival with octagon-style wings and Neo-classical alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"In 1975 the house was in fair condition and in need of repair, used as a parish house and rectory. Later material in the document says it was dismantled in 1985 and moved to Stone Mountain State Park, with plans to relocate it to Athens.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:44.432238-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000579.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/13000530/19d73e862f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/13000530/19d73e862f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Thos. T. Waterman, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T._R._R._Cobb_House,_194_Prince_Avenue,_Athens_(Clarke_County,_Georgia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thos. T. Waterman, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T._R._R._Cobb_House,_194_Prince_Avenue,_Athens_(Clarke_County,_Georgia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78000973","name":"Cobbham Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/cobbham-historic-district-78000973/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._R._R._Cobb_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7668611"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/cobb-t-r-r-house-13000530/"}