{"nrhp_refnum":"71000266","name":"Small House","other_names":["Small,Ralph,House","Napier-Small House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"156 Rogers Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.84748950900007,"lon":-83.65578323199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white frame Greek Revival house at 156 Rogers Avenue in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built in 1846 for Skelton Napier and later known as the Napier-Small House or Ralph Small Place.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the outstanding Greek Revival houses in Macon and the surrounding area. It has a five-bay portico with four fluted Greek Doric columns set in antis, and a carved wood parapet with acroteria. It is the only old house in Macon with a pedimented parapet on three sides of the roof, and it was recorded by HABS in 1936 and illustrated in architectural books.","narrative":"Built in 1846 for Skelton Napier, a Putnam County native, this white frame house at 156 Rogers Avenue in Macon is a temple-type Greek Revival residence. It originally faced Vineville Avenue and was approached through a double avenue of cedars. When Rogers and Corbin Avenues were opened and the land subdivided, the house was turned to face Rogers Avenue and lost its high brick basement. Its five-bay portico has four fluted Greek Doric columns set in antis between square corner antae, a combination the nomination says has no direct precedent. A carved wood parapet with acroteria once crowned the roof; it has been removed and the carvings are stored for restoration. Talbot Hamlin suggested the New England architect Elias Carter may have designed it, and Hamlin and Howard Major both cite it in their books. The Historic American Buildings Survey recorded it in 1936, and it is regarded as one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the area.","period_of_significance":"1846","architect_builder":"Built by Skelton Napier; Talbot Hamlin suggested it could have been designed by New England architect Elias Carter","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (temple-type house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered, on its original site per the form's checkboxes; the house was moved and turned to face Rogers Avenue. The parapet has weathered away and been removed, and the carvings are stored for restoration. It is a private residence that until recently also served as a decorating studio.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.312063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000266/6c20c28bee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000266/6c20c28bee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Small_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</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:Small_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80000974","name":"Vineville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/vineville-historic-district-80000974/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_House_(Macon,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7542798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/small-house-71000266/"}