{"nrhp_refnum":"76000645","name":"FitzSimons-Hampton House","other_names":["Goodale Inn","FitzSimons-Hampton-Harris House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 28","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.44989684300003,"lon":-81.92128674899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story brick Federal-style house on a 2-acre tract beside the Savannah River on Sand Bar Ferry Road in Augusta, Georgia. Christopher FitzSimons of Charleston built it about 1815 as the main house of his Goodale plantation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house represents Federal architecture in Georgia and is one of the state's oldest buildings to survive almost unaltered. Its ownership history also illustrates Augusta's agricultural, commercial and economic past, and it is tied to prominent figures including three Wade Hamptons, Christopher FitzSimons and Dr. George Jones. The site's closeness to the river and the Sand Bar Ferry also reflects local water transportation in the 18th and 19th centuries.","narrative":"Built around 1815 for Christopher FitzSimons, a Charleston merchant and planter, this brick house served as the main residence of his Goodale plantation near Augusta, Georgia. It has two and a half stories over a daylight basement, a side-hall plan, double parapet chimneys and long nine-over-nine windows with jack arches, all typical of the Federal period. The brick is laid in American bond, and the front porch and iron steps are later changes. The Goodale land was first settled around 1740 by Thomas Goodale, who ran a ferry and grist mill there. FitzSimons gave the plantation to his daughter Ann when she married Wade Hampton Jr., and the Hampton family owned it until 1835. Later owners included cotton planters and mill men. Today the house sits on two acres, surrounded by modern buildings and a river levee. After a period of abandonment it was restored in the 1970s, with a restaurant in the basement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Christopher FitzSimons of Charleston, South Carolina (builder/original owner)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and under adaptive-use restoration since 1971; the basement is open to the public as a restaurant. It had earlier been abandoned and in disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.857345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000645.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209365","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/fitzsimons-hampton-house-76000645/"}