{"nrhp_refnum":"70000868","name":"Lapham-Patterson House","other_names":["Scarborough House","C.W. Lapham House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"626 N. Dawson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.84630044900007,"lon":-83.98295467699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-08-12","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Victorian mansion at 626 North Dawson Street in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, built circa 1885 by William Miller as the residence of C.W. Lapham. It was long known as the Scarborough House.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as the most exuberant and daring Victorian mansion in Thomasville, innovative in form, detail and construction. It records the taste of the 1880s, when Thomasville became a fashionable winter resort. Its interior detailing and original iron fence and gate remain largely complete.","narrative":"Built around 1885 at 626 North Dawson Street in Thomasville, Georgia, this three-story Victorian mansion was raised by William Miller as the winter resort home of C.W. Lapham, a Chicago shoe manufacturer. Thomasville had become a fashionable winter resort in the 1880s, and the house reflects an era when builders tried to outdo one another in eclectic, picturesque designs. The front facade has two octagonal bays divided by an inset octagonal porch, with clapboard and shingle siding in varied patterns and a sawn and turned bargeboard. Inside, ceilings are cast plaster or polished wood, floors are inlaid, and fireplaces, stained glass and sliding doors survive. No ground-floor room is square or rectangular, and the third floor holds a large party room. The nomination calls it the most exuberant and daring Victorian mansion in Thomasville and an architectural tour-de-force. It later became a state historic site under the name Lapham-Patterson House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Miller (builder)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in a good state of preservation and being readied to serve as a State-owned museum; not open to the public at the time. The condition box also notes the main house needed repairs and the porte-cochere was dilapidated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.102582-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000868.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000868/467429f3db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000868/467429f3db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_Lapham-Patterson_vpano02.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_Lapham-Patterson_vpano02.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84001251","name":"Dawson Street Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/dawson-street-residential-historic-district-84001251/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapham%E2%80%93Patterson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6488153"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/lapham-patterson-house-70000868/"}