{"nrhp_refnum":"77000416","name":"Parrott Insurance Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"283 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95796738900003,"lon":-83.37484632799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick and stone commercial building at 283 East Broad Street in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. It was standing by 1858 and received its Richardsonian Romanesque front facade probably in 1886.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of very few Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in Athens. It also matters for its role as The National Bank of Athens around the turn of the century, when three banks stood side by side on East Broad Street. Its 1975 conversion of the third floor to an apartment is cited as an example of adaptive reuse in the central business district.","narrative":"Standing on East Broad Street across from the University of Georgia Old Campus, this three-story building in Athens dates to at least 1858, when a deed mentions a brick store on the site. The present Richardsonian Romanesque front, with a large rounded stone entrance arch, string courses, three arched windows and brick pilasters, was probably added in 1886, when the property's tax value rose. The building was converted from a mercantile store into a bank during a period of rapid economic growth. It later housed the National Bank of Athens, and a local account says officers of neighboring banks passed money through connecting back windows during financial strain. Charles Parrott, Sr., bought it in 1950, and an insurance firm had occupied it since the 1930s. In 1975 the former directors' rooms on the third floor became an apartment. It is valued as one of few buildings of its style in the city and as an adaptive reuse example.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the lower floors hold professional offices and the third floor was converted to a townhouse apartment in 1975.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.146011-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000416.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000416/378d1389de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000416/378d1389de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"GAgayle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parrott_Insurance_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">GAgayle</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:Parrott_Insurance_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"06000737","name":"Downtown Athens Historic District (Additional Documentation, Boundary Increase II and Boundary Decrease)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/downtown-athens-historic-district-additional-documentation-boundary-increase-ii-06000737/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207496","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134286578"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/parrott-insurance-building-77000416/"}