{"nrhp_refnum":"72000411","name":"Tupper-Barnett House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 W. Robert Toombs Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Wilkes County","state":"GA","lat":33.737622645000044,"lon":-82.74208816399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white frame house on a high daylight basement at 101 West Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. A Federal style house built about 1832 was encircled by a Doric colonnade about 1860.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an outstanding example of a peristyle wrapped entirely around an earlier Federal style house, citing architectural historian Frederick Nichols. It also notes the quality of the detailing and the house's links to Henry Allen Tupper and later owners. It is called one of the finest examples of its kind in the context of Georgia's Greek Revival.","narrative":"Standing at 101 West Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington, Georgia, this two-story white frame house sits on a high daylight basement and is surrounded by eighteen fluted Doric columns. The core is a Federal style house built about 1832 by William H. Pope. Around 1860 the Baptist minister Henry Allen Tupper added the colonnade, which was joined to the older hipped roof so skillfully that it appears original. Tupper had received the house in 1853 as a gift from his father-in-law, Ker Boyce of Charleston. Inside, a central hall plan and parlor mantels with sunburst details show a high level of craftsmanship. Architectural historian Frederick Nichols called it the ultimate example of a peristyle entirely around a house. No designer's name has been found. Edward Augustus Barnett, later mayor of Washington, bought the property in 1908, and his family kept it in excellent condition while the surroundings changed.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1832, 1860)","architect_builder":"William H. Pope (built the original house c. 1832); designer of the colonnade unknown","architectural_style":"Federal house (c. 1832) with Greek Revival Doric colonnade (c. 1860)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.49332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000411/b1c55c67b0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000411/b1c55c67b0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Fred D. Nichols, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bennett_House,_Robert_Toombs_Avenue_(Wilkes_County,_Georgia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fred D. Nichols, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bennett_House,_Robert_Toombs_Avenue_(Wilkes_County,_Georgia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001319","name":"Washington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/washington-historic-district-04001319/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209979","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper-Barnett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7853589"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/wilkes-county/tupper-barnett-house-72000411/"}