{"nrhp_refnum":"72000387","name":"Price Memorial Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"College Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dahlonega","county":"Lumpkin County","state":"GA","lat":34.52999538800003,"lon":-83.98691709099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Price Memorial Hall is the two-story brick and concrete administration building of North Georgia College on College Avenue in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Construction began in 1879 on the foundation of the former U.S. Branch Gold Mint.","why_significant":"It stands on the granite basement walls of the Dahlonega branch mint, built in 1837, which coined more than $6 million in gold before closing in 1861. The hall was rebuilt after an 1878 fire and honors college founder William Pierce Price. Its design blends Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire and Classic Revival styles.","narrative":"Price Memorial Hall serves as the administration building of North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Georgia. Its brick and concrete walls rise from the cut granite basement of the United States Branch Gold Mint, which was built in 1837, operated from 1838 until 1861, and coined more than $6 million in gold. After the mint's wartime closure, the building was used as a school and as quarters for federal troops before the federal government donated it to the new college in 1873. Fire destroyed the structure in December 1878, but the granite foundation survived, and rebuilding began in 1879. Atlanta architect W.H. Parkins designed the new hall, combining Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire and Classic Revival elements, with four white columns, a large portico and a steeple about 50 feet tall. It was named for college founder William Pierce Price. The exterior remains largely unchanged, and the hall is in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1837, 1879)","architect_builder":"Designed by W.H. Parkins of Atlanta; contractor Major S.D. Dearman of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Recent renovation by Reynolds and Bailey, AIA, of Gainesville, Georgia.","architectural_style":"Blend of Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire and Classic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in excellent condition after a recent renovation; still houses North Georgia College's administrative offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.198652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000387.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000387/d2d51349e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000387/d2d51349e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"HollyJoe28","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Price_Memorial_Hall_by_Holly_Bokash.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">HollyJoe28</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:Price_Memorial_Hall_by_Holly_Bokash.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208867","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Memorial_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16898826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lumpkin-county/price-memorial-hall-72000387/"}