{"nrhp_refnum":"72000375","name":"Bishop House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jackson St., University of Georgia campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95593951700005,"lon":-83.37293981599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bishop House is a brick Greek Revival building on Jackson Street on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, built in 1837 by Thomas Bishop.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the earliest Greek Revival buildings in the Athens area. Its classical porch, with twin Doric columns built to Parthenon proportions, has helped define the campus scene since the college's earliest days. It was held by Bishop's descendants for over a century before the University bought it in 1942.","narrative":"Bishop House is a brick Greek Revival building on Jackson Street at the University of Georgia in Athens. From the street it looks like a cottage, but the sloping site allows a two-and-a-half-story structure with a full daylight basement. A one-story porch with a small pediment and twin Doric columns, built to Parthenon proportions, leads to the main entrance. Red brick walls, six-over-six windows with whitewashed stone lintels, and a steep gable roof complete the exterior. Inside, a central hall on the basement and main floors serves two rooms on each side, each with a fireplace, and the attic holds two more rooms. Thomas Bishop, an Englishman who came from Massachusetts and opened a grocery in 1835, bought the land from the university trustees and built the house in 1837. His descendants kept it for more than a century until the University purchased it in 1942. It is considered one of the earliest Greek Revival buildings in the area and now houses the Department of Classics.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1837)","architect_builder":"Thomas Bishop (built the house in 1837)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; it houses the offices of the University's Department of Classics.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.12062-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000375.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000375/09fb68654c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000375/09fb68654c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bishop_House,_c._1837,_photographer_facing_NE2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:Bishop_House,_c._1837,_photographer_facing_NE2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207418","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113133975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/bishop-house-72000375/"}