{"nrhp_refnum":"75000582","name":"Dill House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 S. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Gaines","county":"Clay County","state":"GA","lat":31.60642266800005,"lon":-85.04835594999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame house at 102 South Washington Street in Fort Gaines, Clay County, Georgia, built about 1830 by General John Dill and remodelled in the Victorian style in the 1890s, after which it served as a hotel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the oldest remaining houses in the pioneer settlement of Fort Gaines. General Dill was a prominent citizen and original settler, and local legends about him and his house remain part of the town's local history.","narrative":"Built around 1830 for General John Dill, this frame house at 102 South Washington Street in Fort Gaines, Georgia, began as a residence and later became a hotel. Dill came to Georgia in 1817 as an aide to General Edmund P. Gaines and commanded Fort Gaines. After the 1826 cession of Indian lands he became one of the town's first merchants, adding a tannery, brick kiln and cotton warehouses. In the 1890s Mrs. S. R. Raymur bought the house, remodelled it in the Victorian style and added rooms. The double verandah, gabled front and carved interior woodwork reflect that work, and the earliest rooms are hard to identify. The house was listed because it is one of the oldest remaining in the settlement and because local residents value Dill's story and the legends about him. At the time of listing the building was in fair condition, with a collapsed section of verandah and a leaking roof.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Queen Anne elements; Victorian remodelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in fair condition; used as a private residence. Parts of the house are decaying, the roof leaks at the rear, and part of the second-floor verandah has collapsed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.427311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000582.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000582/5c7807f89e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000582/5c7807f89e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DILL_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:DILL_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84000970","name":"Fort Gaines Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/fort-gaines-historic-district-84000970/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill_House_(Fort_Gaines,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48835596"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clay-county/dill-house-75000582/"}