{"nrhp_refnum":"74002182","name":"Usry House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 Milledge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomson","county":"McDuffie County","state":"GA","lat":33.46624746900005,"lon":-82.50541709899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story house at 211 Milledge Street in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, that grew from an early one- or two-room cabin into a large porticoed town house during the nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an example of a family adapting its home over decades, with its changes mirroring shifts in nineteenth-century architectural style. Its present form shows a transition from late Greek Revival to early Victorian, seen in the columned portico with jigsaw scrollwork. It is also tied to the Usry family, who were planters, millers and a physician, and to local lumber railroad history.","narrative":"Located at 211 Milledge Street in Thomson, Georgia, the Usry House shows how a home can evolve with its family. It probably began as a frontier cabin of one or two rooms, associated with William Usry in Warren County before McDuffie County existed. Over the following decades it became a Plantation Plain farmhouse and then a large two-story town house. Its front portico, with square columns on panelled plinths and jigsaw scrollwork railings, reflects a mid-century shift from late Greek Revival toward Victorian taste. Changes in floorboards, rooflines and window sizes record the stages of growth, and a two-story addition was made around 1930. The Usry family worked as planters, millers and carpenters, and one member, a physician, helped run a railroad hauling lumber from local sawmills. Local tradition says the rail line was planned in the parlor. The town of Thomson grew up around the house, which now sits on a small lot on a quiet residential street.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transition from late Greek Revival to early Victorian; Plantation Plain core","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site, and occupied 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 02:55:41.35378-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74002182.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002182/fe0954fb67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002182/fe0954fb67-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Usry","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usry_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Usry</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:Usry_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208924","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134391077"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/mcduffie-county/usry-house-74002182/"}