{"nrhp_refnum":"72001468","name":"Mills House","other_names":["Lewis-Mills House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"406 N. Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Griffin","county":"Spalding County","state":"GA","lat":33.25389596000008,"lon":-84.26334475699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival town house at 406 North Hill Street in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, built about 1855 for the Lewis family. It is also known as the Lewis-Mills House.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally fine example in the area of the temple-front Greek Revival town house. Its form and interior detailing resemble work by architect Charles B. Cluskey, though his involvement is only suggested. It is also tied to the Lewis and Hammond families and to the Mills family, a prominent Griffin family that occupied it for most of its history.","narrative":"Built around 1855 on a corner lot at North Hill and Tinsley Streets in Griffin, this two-story brick house is a temple-front Greek Revival town house. Four colossal square Doric columns support a pediment, and the stuccoed walls have tall windows framed by low triangular pediments. Inside is the typical four-room, central-hall plan of Georgia's piedmont in the 1840s and 1850s. The house was built for the Lewis family, originally from Massachusetts. Emily Lewis lived there during the Civil War with her granddaughter Lavonia Hammond, who later married John B. Mills. The Mills family had come from Savannah, where they shipped cotton, and kept the house until 1936. Its stark geometry and carved doorway moldings suggest the influence of Georgia architect Charles B. Cluskey. When documented, the house was deteriorated and divided into apartments, yet most original detailing and the basic structure remained intact.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1855)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as deteriorated and used for several apartments, though most original detailing remains and the basic structure appears sound.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.66517-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72001468.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001468/a7b18d3c5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001468/a7b18d3c5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mills_House,_406_N._Hill_St._Griffin.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</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:Mills_House,_406_N._Hill_St._Griffin.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209461","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_House_(Griffin,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15378758"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/spalding-county/mills-house-72001468/"}