{"nrhp_refnum":"75000581","name":"Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, House","other_names":["Athens Women`s Club House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"248 Prince Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.960618649000025,"lon":-83.38227775399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white frame house at 248 Prince Avenue in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, built in the early to mid 19th century and later enlarged with a Greek Revival front section. It was moved closer to the street around 1906 and is also known as the Athens Womans Club House.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, a Georgia legislator, framer of the state penal code, and first Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. It is also a good example of the monumental classical style common in Athens neighborhoods. It is one of the few surviving residential buildings on Prince Avenue, once an elite address now largely commercial.","narrative":"Set along Prince Avenue in Athens, this white frame house is a 19th-century survivor in an increasingly commercial area. It began as a two-over-two room, central-hall dwelling, thought to have been built by Charles H. McKinley and sold to Jesse Robinson in 1837. Joseph Henry Lumpkin bought it in 1843 and apparently added a Greek Revival section that nearly doubled its size and turned its front from west to south. The new front has a two-story portico with ten Doric columns, a small balcony over the entrance and heavy entablatures. Around 1906 the house was moved from a knoll four hundred feet back to its present spot nearer the street. Lumpkin served in the legislature, helped frame the state penal code in 1833, and became the first Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court in 1845. The Woman's Club bought the house in 1919.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Thought to have been built by Charles H. McKinley; no architect named","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in very good condition. Used as an apartment, an office, and the meeting place of the Woman's Club.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.405533-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000581.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000581/582cbd5964-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000581/582cbd5964-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Henry_Lumpkin_House,_248_Prince_Street,_Athens_(Clarke_County,_Georgia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Henry_Lumpkin_House,_248_Prince_Street,_Athens_(Clarke_County,_Georgia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Lumpkin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6283932"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/lumpkin-joseph-henry-house-75000581/"}