{"nrhp_refnum":"73000646","name":"Ashland Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Rossville off GA 193","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rossville","county":"Walker County","state":"GA","lat":34.95465372600003,"lon":-85.34593457485568,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick neo-classical revival country house with several outbuildings and gardens, on a hilltop in the Chattanooga Valley community southwest of Rossville, Walker County, Georgia. It was built in 1905 and designed by W. T. Downing of Atlanta.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an example of early 20th century neo-classical revival, expressing the new commercial wealth of its era and modern reinterpretations of traditional styles. It combines Jeffersonian and Palladian features with a more open plan and more windows. Its original landscaping involved the Biltmore Nurseries of the Vanderbilt Estate, and it was built for Z. Cartter Patten, a Chattanooga businessman.","narrative":"Ashland Farm is a two-story brick country house built in 1905 on a wooded hilltop southwest of Rossville, Georgia. Atlanta architect W. T. Downing designed it in the neo-classical revival style for Z. Cartter Patten, a Civil War veteran, newspaper publisher and Chattanooga business founder. A portico with twelve fluted Corinthian columns surrounds a projecting central section, and the rust-colored St. Louis brick gives the walls a very smooth surface. Inside, a wide central hall leads to a drawing room, library, dining room and sun room, which has art nouveau transom glass. The grounds hold two brick servants' cottages, a brick barn, a mill, a gas house, a wagon shelter, a boxwood garden and a sunken garden. The Biltmore Nurseries of the Vanderbilt Estate carried out much of the original landscaping. The property was recognized for blending Jeffersonian classical forms with a more open, modern plan.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (specific date 1905)","architect_builder":"W. T. (Walter T.) Downing, FAIA, of Atlanta, architect; Z. Cartter Patten, original owner and builder","architectural_style":"Neo-classical revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, unaltered and on its original site; occupied and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.331682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000646.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209804","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29093365"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/walker-county/ashland-farm-73000646/"}