{"nrhp_refnum":"77000418","name":"Glover-McLeod-Garrison House","other_names":["Bushy Park/Rocking Chair Hill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"250 Garrison Rd., SE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marietta","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.93537911750005,"lon":-84.54733594660078,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A raised 2 1/2-story Greek Revival temple-form country house at 250 Garrison Road S.E. in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, built 1847-1851 and also known as \"Bushy Park\" and \"Rocking Chair Hill.\"","why_significant":"The house is one of the few remaining antebellum structures in Marietta and is described as an exceptional example of the temple form at its fullest development in domestic architecture. Its design is reminiscent of Willis Ball's houses in Roswell. It was also associated with John Heyward Glover, an early Marietta entrepreneur and mayor, and with William King, who kept a journal during the 1864 Federal occupation.","narrative":"Built between 1847 and 1851 on the edge of Marietta, this raised two-and-a-half-story frame house was designed as a country residence in the Greek Revival temple form. Its front facade has a monumental pedimented portico with four Doric columns, fluted Doric pilasters at the corners, and a balcony over a sidelighted double-door entrance. Inside, a ten-foot central stair hall is flanked by four 20-by-20-foot rooms. A stone kitchen or slave house survives behind the house. John Heyward Glover, an early Marietta businessman who founded a bank and was elected mayor in 1852, began the house, then sold it in 1851 to rice planter Francis McLeod. McLeod's son-in-law William King lived there during the 1864 Federal occupation and kept a daily journal of events. After the house stood vacant from 1931 to 1939, a buyer restored it and added rear additions. Its design echoes Willis Ball's Roswell houses, and it is one of few antebellum structures left in Marietta.","period_of_significance":"1847-1851","architect_builder":"Willis Ball (?) architect; James Dyson (?) builder","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, temple form","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as owner-occupied, with little changed from a 1939 restoration; it had stood vacant from 1931 to 1939. It sits on about nine acres with one original stone kitchen or slave house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.373813-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000418.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000418/14f526a5eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000418/14f526a5eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glover-McLeod-Garrison_House,_Marietta,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</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:Glover-McLeod-Garrison_House,_Marietta,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207583","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover%E2%80%93McLeod%E2%80%93Garrison_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105044201"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/glover-mcleod-garrison-house-77000418/"}