{"nrhp_refnum":"76000641","name":"Matthews House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Danburg on GA 79","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danburg","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.903171685000046,"lon":-82.5958717374562,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame farmhouse on the east side of State Highway 79, about thirteen miles north of Lincolnton near Danburg, Lincoln County, Georgia. It was built in the late 1850s and finished by about 1861.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house matters for its architecture and its place in local history just before the Civil War. It is the third in a sequence of four related houses in Lincoln and Wilkes Counties that show late Greek Revival style absorbing Victorian influences. The form suggests a single master builder, possibly the carpenter John Cunningham, shaped the group.","narrative":"Set on farmland east of State Highway 79 near Danburg, this two-story Greek Revival farmhouse was begun in the 1850s by Joseph Matthews and finished by about 1861, according to family tradition backed by census records. A full-width portico with six fluted Doric columns sits beneath the main roof and carries a cantilevered gallery with ornate lathed balusters. Double windows with boxed lintels flank the central door, and inside a central hall divides four rooms on each floor. Original oak graining survives on the hall doors. The house is valued as one of four related homes in Lincoln and Wilkes Counties that trace a stylistic progression from late Greek Revival toward Victorian detailing. The nomination suggests that carpenter John Cunningham, who lived with the Matthews family in 1860 and vanishes from local tax records after 1861, may have built or helped build the first three. A smokehouse and two small barns remain on the property.","period_of_significance":"1855-60","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and altered, occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.723533-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000641.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000641/929ddae7c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000641/929ddae7c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthews_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthews_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208811","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_House_(Danburg,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55622473"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/matthews-house-76000641/"}