{"nrhp_refnum":"77000436","name":"Wynne, Thomas, House","other_names":["Old Russell Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Lilburn on U.S. 29","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lilburn","county":"Gwinnett County","state":"GA","lat":33.89926786600006,"lon":-84.13790778899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden plantation plain style farmhouse near Lilburn in Gwinnett County, Georgia, dating from the early 1820s. It was built by Thomas Wynne after his family moved from South Carolina, and it later received Greek Revival and Victorian additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house matters to the local community as part of its early settlement history. It is also a prime example of a plantation plain house altered over time as tastes changed, with Greek Revival and Victorian additions. The evaluated significance is local.","narrative":"Located between U.S. Highway 29 and old Highway 29 near Lilburn, this two-story frame farmhouse dates from the early 1820s. Oral tradition says Thomas Wynne built it soon after moving his family to Gwinnett County from South Carolina. The house follows the plantation plain form, with two main rooms flanking a central hall, exterior end chimneys and a center front gable. Later owners altered it in stages, around 1848, 1866 and 1878. Greek Revival mantels and moldings were added, and Victorian features followed, including a rear kitchen, porches, boxed cornices and interior partitions. A segmental-arched fireplace upstairs supports the early construction date. The Wynne and Russell families owned the property for generations, and the last family resident died in 1971. The house was recognized as a good example of vernacular architecture that reflects local settlement and changing domestic styles. At the time of listing it was deteriorating and unoccupied, and local groups hoped to restore it for public gatherings.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Thomas Wynne (by oral tradition)","architectural_style":"Plantation Plain, with Greek Revival and Victorian additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as deteriorating and not in use at the time of nomination; local residents proposed restoring it as a local meeting place.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.566205-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000436.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000436/b1650d5aaf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000436/b1650d5aaf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rheave","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wynne-Russel_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rheave</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:Wynne-Russel_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208526","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134360269"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/gwinnett-county/wynne-thomas-house-77000436/"}