{"nrhp_refnum":"74000687","name":"Glen Mary","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Linton Rd., S of Sparta","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sparta","county":"Hancock County","state":"GA","lat":33.177780977000054,"lon":-83.00157367599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glen Mary is a raised Greek Revival house built in 1848 on a knoll along Linton Road, about seven miles south of Sparta in Hancock County, Georgia. It was built by planter Theophilus Jackson Smith.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a one-of-a-kind High Greek Revival house in Georgia, built as a raised cottage but treated as a formal mansion. It has notable interior features, including signed stucco cornices by Francis McDermott of Savannah that are represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American wing. It has also been owned by only two families, including that of General Ethan Allen Hitchcock.","narrative":"Glen Mary is a Greek Revival house of 1848 set on a knoll beside Linton Road, seven miles south of Sparta, Georgia. Planter Theophilus Jackson Smith built it and named it for his wife, Mary. Its raised form places a stuccoed daylight level beneath the main weatherboarded floor, which holds two parlors and two bedrooms around a central hall. Double porticos with Doric columns, a dentilled entablature and a cranberry etched glass entrance give the house a formal character. Inside, grape and leaf stucco cornices signed by Francis McDermott of Savannah have been represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American wing. Losses during the Civil War forced Smith to sell the house and 840 acres for $10,500 to General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, a West Point student and instructor, whose family has kept it since. The nomination describes it as a one-of-a-kind High Greek Revival house in Georgia, and restoration was under way with architect Edward V. Jones.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1848)","architect_builder":"Built by Theophilus Jackson Smith; cornices signed by craftsman Francis McDermott of Savannah; restoration by Edward V. Jones","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (High Greek Revival raised cottage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; private residence undergoing restoration, with a rear addition of closets and bathrooms made.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.301054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000687.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208598","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Mary_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hancock-county/glen-mary-74000687/"}