{"nrhp_refnum":"76000654","name":"Gordon-Lee House","other_names":["Gordon-Lee-Green House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 Cove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chickamauga","county":"Walker County","state":"GA","lat":34.87102408800007,"lon":-85.29274772899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick plantation house at 217 Cove Road in Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia, begun in 1840 and completed by 1847 for planter James Gordon, with several outbuildings on a wooded site near the town center.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most important plantation homes in North Georgia at the outbreak of the Civil War. Union General Rosecrans used it as headquarters before the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, and it served as a field hospital during the battle. It also shows both mid-19th-century Greek Revival and c.1900 Neo-Classical styling, and was the home of U.S. Congressman Gordon Lee.","narrative":"Built between 1840 and 1847 for wealthy planter James Gordon, this brick plantation house in Chickamauga, Georgia, was constructed with slave labor from bricks made on the property. A c.1900 remodeling added a colossal two-story Doric cement portico and a balcony, giving the original Greek Revival house a Neo-Classical appearance. Outbuildings include a brick smokehouse, a brick slave cabin, a log law office and a Victorian cottage. During the Civil War, Union General William Rosecrans used the house as headquarters from September 16 to 19, 1863, and it served as a field hospital during the Battle of Chickamauga. His chief of staff, James Garfield, later became president. Gordon's grandson Gordon Lee, a U.S. congressman, owned it until his death in 1927. After passing to the city in 1947, it was bought in 1973 by owners who began a restoration.","period_of_significance":"1840-1847","architect_builder":"James Gordon/1900: H. Alsup","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, with Neo-Classical Revival elements from a 1900 remodeling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent and the house was occupied as a private residence; restoration was in progress, with plans to open it to the public as often as possible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.658207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000654.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000654/9776682ad1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000654/9776682ad1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tomaso119","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon-Lee_Mansion_Main.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomaso119</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:Gordon-Lee_Mansion_Main.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000700","name":"Chickamauga Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/chickamauga-historic-district-07000700/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209816","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon-Lee_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5584759"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/walker-county/gordon-lee-house-76000654/"}