{"nrhp_refnum":"76000636","name":"Freeman-Hurt House","other_names":["Hurt Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Oakman on U.S. 411","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakman","county":"Gordon County","state":"GA","lat":34.55150868800004,"lon":-84.70483984497156,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Native American","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log farmhouse with outbuildings, known as the Freeman-Hurt-Evans House or Hurt Place, on Highway 411 one mile south of Oakman, Gordon County, Georgia. The house dates from about 1832 and was built by Burdine Swann, a Cherokee mixed-breed carpenter.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house reflects North Georgia history from Cherokee farm culture through supply post, plantation and later farm use. It is described as the largest known log structure in Georgia, and its age and state of preservation add to its importance. It also adds to the short list of surviving log houses in the state.","narrative":"Along the Old Tennessee Road, one mile south of Oakman in Gordon County, Georgia, a large hand-hewn log house stands with its barn, guest house and other outbuildings. Built around 1832, it is credited to Burdine Swann, a Cherokee mixed-breed carpenter from Pickens County. The house began as a dog-trot log building, later enclosed and extended to two and one-half stories, with a north wing added in the 1840s or 1850s. It was first part of Cherokee farm culture, then served as a supply post for drovers and planters heading from Tennessee toward Augusta, and later grew into a plantation with a guest house called Travellers' Rest. James Freeman is the first known owner, and the Freeman-Hurt family held it until the late 1940s. Its listing rests on its status as the largest known log structure in Georgia, its age and preservation, and its link to the Cherokee period and later regional development. It is now used for hay storage.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Burdine Swann","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair or good condition though deteriorating; unoccupied since the late 1950s or early 1960s and now used for hay storage.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.387897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000636/8f8c229b8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000636/8f8c229b8e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Trails Office (US National Park Service)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_front_porch_of_the_Rockdale_Plantation_in_Fairmount,_Georgia_(a34d91eb-3b41-412e-8f61-ba9774c55d03).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">National Trails Office (US National Park Service)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_front_porch_of_the_Rockdale_Plantation_in_Fairmount,_Georgia_(a34d91eb-3b41-412e-8f61-ba9774c55d03).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208452","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman-Hurt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29093138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/gordon-county/freeman-hurt-house-76000636/"}