{"nrhp_refnum":"74000704","name":"Nutwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Big Springs Rd. near Newsom Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"La Grange","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":33.02274601100004,"lon":-84.99473008499996,"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":"Nutwood is a frame plantation house built in 1833 on Big Springs Road about five miles from LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. It was designed by the architect-builder Cullen Rogers for Joel D. Newsom.","why_significant":"It is described as the purest remaining example of the classical revival houses by Cullen Rogers, who worked in Troup County in the 1830s. Its design marks the transition from plantation plain and Federal styles to Greek Revival, shown in its temple form porticos and Adamesque mantels. It is called Rogers' best and most developed example of neo-classicism.","narrative":"Built in 1833 about five miles from LaGrange, Nutwood is a frame plantation house designed by the architect-builder Cullen Rogers for Joel D. Newsom, a plantation owner and Troup County judge. Its two-story temple form portico has fluted heart pine Ionic columns with star medallions in the capitals, matching doorways with nine-part fanlights, and a balcony with a sheaf of wheat balustrade. Inside are Adamesque mantels with sunburst designs, panelled wainscoting, a half turn stair and original graining on Cross and Bible doors. The house reflects the shift from plantation plain and Federal styles toward Greek Revival, and it is regarded as the finest and most developed example of Rogers' neo-classical work, which also includes four other houses near LaGrange. The name comes from a story that the county's first pecan tree was planted here. The property has belonged to only two families. It was later rented, and is now vacant and deteriorating, with derelict outbuildings.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1833)","architect_builder":"Cullen Rogers, architect-builder","architectural_style":"Transition from plantation plain and Federal to Greek Revival; classical revival/neo-classicism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant and deteriorating; condition marked fair and altered. The smoke house and slave house-kitchen are derelict.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.394369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000704.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000704/179a9b863c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000704/179a9b863c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nutwood;_LaGrange,_GA_(NRHP).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:Nutwood;_LaGrange,_GA_(NRHP).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209745","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutwood_(La_Grange,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7070600"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/nutwood-74000704/"}