{"nrhp_refnum":"73000643","name":"Bedingfield Inn","other_names":["See Also:Lumpkin Commercial Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cotton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumpkin","county":"Stewart County","state":"GA","lat":32.05073753900007,"lon":-84.79541760599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame building on Cotton Street across from the town square in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia, built about 1836 by Dr. Bryan N. Bedingfield as a family residence and stagecoach inn.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of how Classical Revival style was adapted in rural Georgia, with a hip roof and central double square-columned porch. It was also a center of commercial and community activity for travelers between Americus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama. Its varied later uses and 1965 restoration as a museum add to its interest.","narrative":"Bedingfield Inn is a two-story, weatherboarded building with a hip roof, seven bays and a double portico with square columns, standing on Cotton Street across from the town square in Lumpkin, Georgia. Dr. Bryan N. Bedingfield, a prosperous physician who also worked as a surveyor and storekeeper, built it around 1836 as both his family home and a stagecoach inn. Its location made it a convenient stopping place for travelers between Americus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, and a hub of local commercial and community life. The design is described as a simplified rural version of Classical Revival style, similar to other hip-roofed frame houses with central double porches in Georgia. Over the years the building served as a photographer's studio, millinery shop, boarding house, apartments and offices. Restored in 1965, it now hosts civic meetings and operates as a museum furnished to suggest an 1840 stagecoach inn.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c.1836)","architect_builder":"Dr. Bryan N. Bedingfield (builder/owner)","architectural_style":"Rural version of Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition; restored in 1965 and used as a meeting place for civic groups and as a museum of early travel accommodations. Located on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.302344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000643.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000643/fe3e932aac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000643/fe3e932aac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bedingfield_Inn;_Lumpkin,_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</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:Bedingfield_Inn;_Lumpkin,_GA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82002473","name":"Lumpkin Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/lumpkin-commercial-historic-district-82002473/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209493","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87816914"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/stewart-county/bedingfield-inn-73000643/"}