{"nrhp_refnum":"77000412","name":"Whitman-Anderson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309 Tennessee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ringgold","county":"Catoosa County","state":"GA","lat":34.917678952000074,"lon":-85.10911001899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 309 Tennessee Street in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, built around 1858 for merchant William Lane Whitman, with surviving outbuildings including an original slave quarter and smokehouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of pre-Civil War architecture, mixing Georgian plan, Italianate brackets and a Greek Revival portico. It is also a historical resource because U.S. Grant made it his headquarters after the Battle of Ringgold in November 1863, and the house was spared when Union forces were ordered to destroy the town.","narrative":"Built around 1858 on a corner lot in Ringgold, Georgia, this two-story handmade-brick house was the homestead of merchant and first Catoosa County treasurer William Lane Whitman. Its symmetrical form rests on large stone blocks and follows a Georgian plan, two rooms deep on either side of a central hall. Italianate brackets support the broad eaves, and a two-story Greek Revival portico with fluted Doric columns was added in 1915, replacing a lighter wooden porch. Four outbuildings remain, including an original slave quarter and smokehouse. The house also carries Civil War history. Family members watched the fighting at Ringgold Gap from its front windows in November 1863, and Major-General U.S. Grant then made the house his headquarters. When Union forces were later ordered to destroy the town, the house was spared. It passed out of the Whitman family in 1902 and has stayed with the descendants of its next owner, who use it as a summer home.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late neo-Georgian Colonial, with Italianate brackets and a Greek Revival portico","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and used by the owner's family as a summer home for special occasions; it was a main attraction in Ringgold's 1976 bicentennial celebration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.504034-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000412.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000412/9cbb522745-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000412/9cbb522745-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"KudzuVine","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitman-Anderson_House,_Ringgold_(Catoosa_County,_Georgia).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">KudzuVine</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitman-Anderson_House,_Ringgold_(Catoosa_County,_Georgia).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207261","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134136579"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/catoosa-county/whitman-anderson-house-77000412/"}