{"nrhp_refnum":"75000600","name":"Sanders Hill","other_names":["Overhome"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Montrose off I-16/GA 404","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montrose","county":"Laurens County","state":"GA","lat":32.53904432300004,"lon":-83.16515636799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sanders Hill is a heart pine farmhouse built in 1903 near Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, by John Masters Sanders. It is a saltbox-style copy of an early 19th century house, set on a one-acre plot.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its architecture as a rare saltbox form, uncommon in Middle Georgia, copying an earlier house destroyed around 1900. It is also significant in local history as the home of Judge John Sanders, where business, legal matters and marriages were conducted, and which served as a trading center with a commissary and cotton weighing.","narrative":"Sanders Hill is a frame farmhouse of Georgia heart pine, built in 1903 southwest of Montrose in Laurens County. It copies an early 19th century house that was destroyed around 1900, and its saltbox form is rare in Middle Georgia. The symmetrical front has a central doorway with a swan's neck pediment and fluted pilasters, flanked by nine-over-nine sash windows, and a large brick chimney stands at the north end. Inside, the walls are plain pine boards and the floors are wide heart pine. John Masters Sanders built the house. As Judge of the Harvard Militia District, he held legal business and weddings there, since the courthouse in Dublin was about twenty miles away. The property also had a commissary and served as a trading point where local farmers brought cotton to be weighed before ginning. Most outbuildings are gone, with only barn ruins remaining. Restoration and reconstruction of the dependencies using salvaged lumber were planned.","period_of_significance":"1903-1930's","architect_builder":"John M. Sanders","architectural_style":"Saltbox; Georgian Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition but unoccupied; the rear was temporarily sealed with panels awaiting restoration, and the house was being used to store salvaged boards and beams for rebuilding the outbuildings.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.200736-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000600.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208778","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanders_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48835829"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/laurens-county/sanders-hill-75000600/"}