{"nrhp_refnum":"72000382","name":"Stately Oaks","other_names":["Orr House","Oaks,The","McCord,Robert,House","See Also:Jonesboro Hi"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jodeco Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jonesboro","county":"Clayton County","state":"GA","lat":33.572428771000034,"lon":-84.37147793099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival country house, built about 1840 in Clayton County near Jonesboro, Georgia, with a surviving log kitchen. It was attributed to Whitmall P. Allen and later owned by Robert McCord. It was moved in 1972 to a new site off Jodeco Road.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a simple, well-proportioned example of rural Greek Revival architecture, typical of Georgia country houses and probably built by a capable but untrained carpenter-builder. It was also a landmark during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Jonesboro, when Union soldiers camped on its grounds.","narrative":"Stately Oaks, also called the Orr House or Robert McCord House, is a two-story frame Greek Revival farmhouse built around 1840 near Jonesboro, Georgia. It has double front galleries with square pillars, a hipped roof, granite foundations, and a central-hall plan with two rooms on each side. A log kitchen with a large stone fireplace stood behind it. The house is credited to Whitmall P. Allen, who owned the plantation, and was probably built by a capable but untrained carpenter-builder. Robert McCord owned it from 1858 to 1879. It was a landmark during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Jonesboro, when Union soldiers camped on its grounds, and it appears on Union military maps. Its oak-shaded setting gave it the name Stately Oaks. Historical Jonesboro, Inc. acquired the house and moved it in 1972 to a wooded site off Jodeco Road. It was later vandalized, but enough of its character remained to make restoration feasible.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1840)","architect_builder":"Construction attributed to Whitmall P. Allen; probably designed and built by an untrained carpenter-builder","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"After its 1972 move the house was vandalized and deteriorated, with a chimney knocked down, boarded windows, and water damage upstairs. Restoration was planned for use in a historic park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.788102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000382.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000382/5fca8ca4c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000382/5fca8ca4c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Maksim Sundukov","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stately_Oaks.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Maksim Sundukov</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stately_Oaks.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207543","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stately_Oaks","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603946"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clayton-county/stately-oaks-72000382/"}