{"nrhp_refnum":"74000690","name":"Old Clinton Historic District","other_names":["Old Clinton"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Runs along US 129 and SR 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Jones County","state":"GA","lat":32.99693735950004,"lon":-83.55878897185858,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the early nineteenth century town of Clinton, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia, designated in 1808 and incorporated in 1809. It covers about 290 acres and includes twelve major surviving houses, a Methodist church and cemetery, and the sites of a cotton gin works and an academy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Clinton is a rare surviving early frontier county seat in Georgia's lower Piedmont, with a closely related group of plain style houses, several attributed to craftsman Daniel Pratt. It was also home to one of the country's largest cotton gin manufacturers and an early female seminary. Its lack of later development, after it declined to support a railroad, preserved its early appearance.","narrative":"Old Clinton is a historic district of about 290 acres in Jones County, Georgia, centered on a courthouse square laid out when the town became county seat in 1808. Twelve major frame houses survive on a grid of streets, most built between 1809 and the late 1820s in the plain style, often with refined classical details. Several are attributed to Daniel Pratt, a Connecticut craftsman who also managed Samuel Griswold's cotton gin factory. That factory was among the largest of its kind in the country until Sherman's army destroyed it in 1864. Clinton also housed an academy tied to early women's education. A Methodist church and an old town cemetery with graves from the 1790s remain. Because the town declined to support a railroad route, it stagnated, and that lack of growth helped preserve its early character. The district was listed to protect this setting from highway widening and commercial pressure.","period_of_significance":"Incorporated 1809--mid 19th century","architect_builder":"Daniel Pratt (attributed, including the Ross House); Peter Clower, David T. Milling, John W. Carrington, James Lockett and Roger McCarthy are named as builders of individual houses","architectural_style":"Plain style and Plantation Plain houses with Federal and Greek Revival details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated fair and altered. Some houses are deteriorated or being renovated, the gin works and academy sites have no standing structures, and widening of Georgia Highway 129 is described as a threat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.433112-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000690.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000690/95b36015e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000690/95b36015e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutchings-Carr_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutchings-Carr_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208755","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Clinton_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622872"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jones-county/old-clinton-historic-district-74000690/"}