{"nrhp_refnum":"74000700","name":"Tate House","other_names":["Pink Palace"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Tate on Hwy. 53","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tate","county":"Pickens County","state":"GA","lat":34.413697683000066,"lon":-84.37215050799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story neo-classical pink and white marble mansion, known as the Pink Palace, on Highway 53 east of Tate in Pickens County, Georgia. Sam Tate built it in 1923.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a one-of-a-kind structure architecturally in North Georgia. It also reflects the Tate family marble business and the rising wealth of the early 20th century. The house is the manor house of a marble-producing village near the Georgia Marble Company quarries.","narrative":"Known locally as the Pink Palace, this two-story neo-classical mansion stands on Highway 53 east of Tate, Georgia, almost within sight of the Georgia Marble Company quarries. Sam Tate built it in 1923 of pink and white marble, with a tetrastyle temple-form portico on the front facade and special attention given to all four main facades. Inside, the original features include mural wallpaper in the stairhall, crystal sconces and a chandelier in the dining room, parquet marble flooring and carved, inlaid marble mantels. The Cincinnati firm Walker and Weeks designed it, and Porter and Porter of Atlanta decorated it. It reportedly cost $400,000 with furniture. The house reflects the Tate family's marble business, which began with land purchases in 1834 and was consolidated by Sam Tate in 1905. It was listed as an exceptional North Georgia structure and as the manor house of a marble-producing village. It has been unoccupied and slowly deteriorating since 1961.","period_of_significance":"1923","architect_builder":"Walker and Weeks of Cincinnati (architects); Porter and Porter of Atlanta (decorators); local carpenter probably Mr. Cartwright; marble carver Arthur Beck; built for Sam Tate","architectural_style":"Neo-classical, reminiscent of Renaissance villa and temple form structures","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as unaltered with original drapery, wallpaper murals and light fixtures intact, but deteriorating since it was last occupied in 1961. The form lists condition as good and status as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.905626-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000700.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000700/73f601e52e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000700/73f601e52e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MrGeode13","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tate_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MrGeode13</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:Tate_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209259","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_House_(Tate,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7687953"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/pickens-county/tate-house-74000700/"}