{"nrhp_refnum":"75000578","name":"Church-Waddel-Brumby House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"280 E. Dougherty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.962005701000066,"lon":-83.37582420799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A restored two-story frame house of 1820 at 280 East Dougherty Street in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. It was moved in 1967 from its original site about an eighth of a mile away because of Urban Renewal.","why_significant":"The house was built by University of Georgia professor Alonzo Church and later sold to Moses Waddel, who lived there while president of the University. It is described as a rare symbol of the early days of Athens and the University and a rare example of Federal architecture. Its restoration also used the first Urban Renewal funds applied to historic preservation in the Southeast.","narrative":"Built in 1820 for Alonzo Church, a professor and later president of the University of Georgia, this frame house in Athens was sold before completion to Moses Waddel, who lived there for nine years as the University's president. Waddel's arrival in 1819 is credited with reviving a struggling college and town. In 1834 the house passed to Sarah H. Harris, and her descendants, the Brumby family, owned it until the mid-1960s. When Urban Renewal threatened the site, it was moved in 1967 to a nearby lot. Architects studied the sprawling later house and saved only the compact original core, with two rooms up and two down around a central hall. Distinctive features include a soffit molding of drilled wooden blocks and a fanlight doorway with round-arched sidelights. Restored in 1971-72, it now serves as a museum and as an example of Federal architecture tied to the University's early years.","period_of_significance":"1820","architect_builder":"Built for Alonzo Church; possibly the work of itinerant Peck family carpenters from Vermont (unproven); restoration directed by C. Wilmer Heery, A.I.A.","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in 1971-72 and opened to the public as a house museum; owned by the City of Athens and leased to a heritage foundation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.119264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000578.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000578/c996837def-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000578/c996837def-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"GAgayle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church-Waddel-Brumby_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">GAgayle</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:Church-Waddel-Brumby_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72000379","name":"Old North Campus, University of Georgia","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/old-north-campus-university-of-georgia-72000379/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207436","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72940832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/church-waddel-brumby-house-75000578/"}