{"nrhp_refnum":"69000052","name":"Harris-Pearson-Walker House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1822 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.48453926800005,"lon":-81.99471552699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story frame house with a gambrel roof and two-tiered front piazza at 1822 Broad Street, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. Originally nominated as Mackay House and dated about 1760, it was later re-dated to about 1797-1800 and built by Ezekiel Harris.","why_significant":"The original nomination presented it as the earliest and best surviving example of American Georgian architecture in Georgia, tied to the Revolutionary War battle at the White House and the 18th century Indian trade. A 1975 amendment found the house is not the Mackay or White House of the battle, but was built about 1797-1800 as the first house in Harrisburg. It was kept as architecturally valuable and renamed for Harris and the Pearson-Walker family.","narrative":"Harris-Pearson-Walker House is a three-story frame building on Broad Street in Augusta, Georgia, noted for its gambrel roof, two-tiered front piazza with chamfered posts, and interior woodwork drawn from 18th century English builder's handbooks. The State of Georgia restored it and opened it as a museum in 1964, first presenting it as Mackay House, a site of the Revolutionary War battle and the Indian trade, and dating it to about 1760. Later research changed that account. The house was built around 1797 by Ezekiel Harris, founder of Harrisburg, and the true Mackay or White House no longer stands. The Pearson-Walker family owned the property from 1809 until 1873. An architectural study by a Colonial Williamsburg researcher placed construction at 1800, give or take five years, and found the house highly valuable architecturally. Its listing rests on that architectural merit and its place in early Augusta history.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (as checked on the original form)","architect_builder":"Ezekiel Harris (builder, per 1975 amendment); restoration directed by Thomas G. Little, then Ernest M. Frank","architectural_style":"American Georgian; Carolina coastal type with West Indian influence and gambrel roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored by the Georgia Historical Commission and opened to the public as a museum in 1964; condition listed as good, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.171166-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/69000052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000052/4c4e48b19d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000052/4c4e48b19d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harris-Pearson-Walker_House,_photographer_facing_south_(2).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:Harris-Pearson-Walker_House,_photographer_facing_south_(2).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90000802","name":"Harrisburg-West End Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/harrisburg-west-end-historic-district-90000802/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209377","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134456348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/harris-pearson-walker-house-69000052/"}