{"nrhp_refnum":"70000217","name":"Brandon, Dr. David, House","other_names":["Hayes House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"329 N. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.840223269000035,"lon":-83.98292318599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick house at 329 North Broad Street in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, built circa 1851 by Thomas Jones and later altered in the 1870s with a second floor and mansard roof. Known as the Hayes House and the Dr. David Brandon House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its architecture: a one-story house converted in the Mid-Victorian era to a French character, with detailing in both wood and cast iron that makes it an unusual and attractive hybrid. It is also tied to the Brandon and Hayes families and to Professor Joseph Le Conte, who took refuge there during the Civil War.","narrative":"Built around 1851 at 329 North Broad Street in Thomasville, this brick house began as a one-story dwelling. Thomas Jones of Greenwood Plantation had it built as a wedding gift for his daughter Harriet and her husband, Dr. David S. Brandon, a surgeon. Brandon sold it to Mrs. John R. Hayes in 1862, and it remained in the Hayes family for more than a century. In the late 1870s a second floor with a mansard roof was added, and the brickwork was covered with stucco scribed to resemble stone. The roof is tiled with octagonal slates and has wooden dormers. A front porch has jigsaw railings and chamfered columns, and a small upper porch has cast iron railings. The semicircular entrance has cast rope garlands, stars and pearl moldings. Inside are notable woodwork and original wide board floors. Professor Joseph Le Conte, a refugee from Liberty County, was sheltered here. The house was listed for its blend of French-influenced Victorian design and wood and cast iron detail.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c.1851, changed 1870's)","architect_builder":"Thomas Jones of Greenwood Plantation (built as a wedding gift for his daughter)","architectural_style":"Mid-Victorian with French character (mansard roof), a hybrid of wood and cast iron detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good structural condition but needing maintenance and repair of the wood trim; occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.142977-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000217.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000217/7ac322a8ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000217/7ac322a8ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_Brandon_House01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_Brandon_House01.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001185","name":"Thomasville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/thomasville-commercial-historic-district-boundary-increase-and-decrease-04001185/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209617","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._David_Brandon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/brandon-dr-david-house-70000217/"}