{"nrhp_refnum":"73000616","name":"Upson House","other_names":["Franklin-Gazaway-Long-Upson House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1022 Prince Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95407576500003,"lon":-83.39421300299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Greek Revival house at 1022 Prince Avenue in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, built in 1847 for Dr. Marcus A. Franklin and enlarged with rear additions after 1885.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the house is one of the best examples of a Greek Revival mansion in Athens, a city known for such buildings. Its unusual features include a stuccoed brick facade made to resemble stone, a high hip roof, narrow triple-hung windows that emphasize verticality, and construction directly at ground level without a basement. Research for the nomination also corrected earlier claims by dating the house to 1847 and naming Dr. Franklin as the builder.","narrative":"Built in 1847 for Dr. Marcus A. Franklin, this two-story brick house at 1022 Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia, is a full-blown example of Greek Revival design. Its south-facing front has a two-story Doric portico, five bays, and stucco scored to look like stone. An Ionic-style entablature crowns the Doric columns, and a high hip roof and narrow triple-hung windows give it a vertical emphasis unusual for the style. The house sits close to the ground with no basement. Inside, a central hall plan, simple pilaster woodwork and ceilings over twelve feet high define the original rooms. Stephen Upson bought the property in 1885 and added rear wings, parquet floors, tiled fireplaces and a mahogany staircase. Deed and census research showed the house dates to 1847 rather than the earlier 1840 date once cited. Later owners included Gazaway D. Lamar and James Long, father of physician Crawford W. Long. Its architectural quality and its place among Athens' great Greek Revival mansions led to its listing.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built 1847, additions 1885)","architect_builder":"Dr. Marcus A. Franklin (built for)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; occupied as a private residence. The main block has no external alterations, only late 19th-century rear additions. The family sought to preserve the property amid development pressure.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.395283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000616.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000616/44a21dd8d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000616/44a21dd8d6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"GAgayle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upson_House_-_Sun_Trust.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">GAgayle</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:Upson_House_-_Sun_Trust.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88000227","name":"West Hancock Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/west-hancock-avenue-historic-district-88000227/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207508","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134286542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/upson-house-73000616/"}