{"nrhp_refnum":"71000276","name":"Bulloch Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bulloch Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roswell","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":34.015286065000055,"lon":-84.36775258999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bulloch Hall is a Greek Revival temple-form house at the western end of Mimosa Boulevard in Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, completed about 1840 for Major James Stephens Bulloch to the design of Bulloch and carpenter-architect Willis Ball.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most significant houses in Georgia architecturally, historically and culturally. It is a rare, essentially unaltered full temple house with a pedimented portico. It was also the wedding site of Martha 'Mittie' Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. in 1853, and the girlhood home of the mother of President Theodore Roosevelt.","narrative":"Bulloch Hall is a wooden Greek Revival house at the end of Mimosa Boulevard in Roswell, Georgia, completed about 1840. Major James Stephens Bulloch, one of the coastal families who joined Roswell King in founding the town, built it with the craftsman-architect Willis Ball. Its four-columned portico and full pediment make it a rare example of the temple house form in Georgia, and it has survived essentially unaltered. A neighboring house, Mimosa Hall, is the other outstanding example. Ball's New England origins show in the details, which reflect the handbooks of Asher Benjamin. The house also has notable family associations. In December 1853 Bulloch's daughter Martha, called Mittie, married Theodore Roosevelt Sr. there, and their son became the 26th President. Theodore Roosevelt visited in 1905, and Eleanor Roosevelt later stopped there. When nominated, the house was unoccupied, deteriorating and threatened with demolition, and local efforts were underway to preserve it.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; c. 1840","architect_builder":"Willis Ball, carpenter-architect, with owner Major James Stephens Bulloch","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (temple house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"At the time of nomination the house was unoccupied, deteriorating and threatened with destruction; efforts were underway to save it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.270594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000276/920175ff2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000276/920175ff2f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"SimonATL at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bulloch_Hall_Roswell_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SimonATL at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bulloch_Hall_Roswell_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208110","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulloch_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4996975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/bulloch-hall-71000276/"}