{"nrhp_refnum":"72000378","name":"Lumpkin, Gov. Wilson, House","other_names":["Rock House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cedar St., University of Georgia campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.94761056200008,"lon":-83.37377961599998,"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":"A two-story stone house on Cedar Street on the South Campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, built 1842-1844 for Governor Wilson Lumpkin and known as the \"Rock House.\"","why_significant":"The house was designed by Wilson Lumpkin himself, who was Governor of Georgia 1831-35, and it expresses his personal ideas of domestic life. It is notable as a Greek Revival-influenced stone building made with skilled craftsmen from Ireland, New Jersey, England and New York. It also reflects the career of a Georgia Indian Commissioner, Congressman and Governor.","narrative":"Set on a hill that Wilson Lumpkin called Cedar Hill, this two-story stone house on the University of Georgia's South Campus was built between March 1842 and November 1844. Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia from 1831 to 1835, drew up the plans himself rather than hire an architect. The house measures 52 by 40 feet, with two-foot-thick walls of stone gathered on the property and dressed on site. It has a hipped roof, six-over-six windows with stone lintels, a plain Greek Revival doorway and a Palladian-style window above the porch. Inside, a central hall divides two rooms on each side of every floor. Craftsmen came from Ireland, New Jersey, England and New York. Lumpkin's daughter inherited the house and sold it to the University in 1907, with a deed provision protecting it from removal or destruction. Once a dormitory, classroom building, library branch and computer center, it now houses the Institute of Ecology.","period_of_significance":"1842-44","architect_builder":"Designed by Wilson Lumpkin; stonework by Edward Lilley, woodwork by David Demorist, painting by C. G. Oliver, plastering by a Mr. Williams","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (spartan adaptation)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition good; occupied and used as headquarters of the Institute of Ecology; formerly a dormitory, classrooms, branch library and computer center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.36094-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000378.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000378/146fef33cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000378/146fef33cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Wilson_Lumpkin_House,_c._1842,_photographer_facing_east.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:Governor_Wilson_Lumpkin_House,_c._1842,_photographer_facing_east.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207474","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134286470"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/lumpkin-gov-wilson-house-72000378/"}