{"nrhp_refnum":"70000223","name":"Ponder, Ephraim, House","other_names":["Sholar House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"324 N. Dawson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.83889084200007,"lon":-83.98204586799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story clapboard house at 324 North Dawson Street in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, built circa 1854-56 by Ephraim Ponder. It is also known as the Sholar House.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an ante-bellum home of great dignity and quiet distinction, with notable architectural detail including a detailed north doorway and a Greek Revival south facade. It also records the house's use by the Young's Female College as a dormitory and president's residence, and its later restoration.","narrative":"Built around 1854-56 by Ephraim Ponder, this two-and-one-half-story house at 324 North Dawson Street in Thomasville has a hipped roof, clapboard siding, panelled end pilasters and a cornice combining dentils with pendant drop brackets. The north doorway has leaded glass sidelights, a fixed transom and a heavy frame carved with dentils and rosettes. The south facade, facing the former Young's Female College property, is Greek Revival in detail with an exceptional entrance. Ponder sold the house to Colonel William Young, who gave it to the college, where it served as a dormitory and then as the president's residence. In 1900 two women bought it, divided it into two apartments and named the property Greensquare for its evergreen plantings. Later owners restored it as a single-family home. A wing was added to the east side, and a wrought iron fence encloses the grounds. The nomination describes it as an ante-bellum home of great dignity and quiet distinction.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date c.1854-56)","architect_builder":"Ephraim Ponder (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival detailing on the south facade","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied as a private single-family residence, restored from its 1900 conversion into two apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.391909-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000223/72954602ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000223/72954602ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_Ponder_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_Ponder_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/93209671","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Ponder_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622974"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/ponder-ephraim-house-70000223/"}