{"nrhp_refnum":"72000383","name":"Gordon-Banks House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Newnan on U.S. 29","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newnan","county":"Coweta County","state":"GA","lat":33.34127366750005,"lon":-84.78346827999978,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white clapboard house in classical revival style, built circa 1827 at Haddock, Georgia, and moved in 1969-70 to Newnan, Coweta County, where it sits in landscaped gardens.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding work by architect-builder Daniel Pratt, one of a group of classical houses unique in the southern Georgia Piedmont. Its interior retains refined Federal detailing, original paint and decorative plaster. The house also documents the social life of 1820s Milledgeville, and its restoration and gardens add to its value.","narrative":"Built around 1827 at Haddock, Georgia, this massive two-story white clapboard house was designed and built by Daniel Pratt for John W. Gordon, a militia general and wealthy cotton planter. Pratt, a New Hampshire native, built several classical town houses and plantation seats in Baldwin and Jones counties between 1821 and 1831, a group considered unique in the southern Piedmont. The house has a pair of fluted Tuscan columns rising to a balcony and pediment, fine fanlights, a circular stair ending in a plaster dome, and eight Adam-inspired mantels. Downstairs rooms keep their original paint, with varied wood-graining and marbleizing. After years of abandonment, the house was moved to Newnan in 1969-70 and set among established gardens beside a small lake. Wings matching Pratt's design replaced vanished outbuildings. The restoration returned it to near its original appearance, and it is valued as a refined example of early Georgia architecture.","period_of_significance":"c. 1827; 1969-70 (19th and 20th centuries)","architect_builder":"Daniel Pratt (architect-builder); built for John W. Gordon","architectural_style":"Classical revival, rather Roman than Greek, with Adam-inspired and Federal interior detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent, altered and moved; occupied as a private residence. It had stood unoccupied and abandoned for many years before being moved and restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.609032-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000383/3a9da70793-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000383/3a9da70793-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Robert Coakley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon-Banks_House.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Coakley</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:Gordon-Banks_House.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207661","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134289345"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/coweta-county/gordon-banks-house-72000383/"}