{"nrhp_refnum":"78000959","name":"Boykin, Maj. Francis, House","other_names":["Boykin Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 mi. (16 km) SE of Milledgeville off GA 24","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milledgeville","county":"Baldwin County","state":"GA","lat":33.01164684300005,"lon":-83.08938111599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame, gable-roofed plantation house known as Boykin Hall, about 12 miles southeast of Milledgeville in Baldwin County, Georgia, built around 1821 and attributed to the architect-builder Daniel Pratt.","why_significant":"It is one of the few surviving houses of a Milledgeville-area group with details adapted from Asher Benjamin's pattern books; other group members such as Westover and Lowther Hall were lost. The nomination argues it shows how builders' manuals were used in rural Georgia and adapted to a less elaborate country house. It also reflects a planter's wish for a fine home.","narrative":"Boykin Hall is a frame plantation house with a gable roof and low brick foundation, set at the end of a long pecan-lined drive southeast of Milledgeville. Built around 1821 and attributed to the architect-builder Daniel Pratt, it has a pedimented portico with two-story fluted Doric columns, a second-story balcony, and a fanlit entrance. Many details were adapted from plates in Asher Benjamin's American Builder's Companion. Major Francis Boykin acquired the land in 1785, and either he or his son, Dr. Samuel Boykin, probably built the house. It is a smaller, simpler relative of the Blount House and belonged to a group that included Westover and Lowther Hall, both since demolished. Its importance lies in being a surviving example of that group and in showing how builders' manuals shaped rural Georgia architecture. The main parlor is badly deteriorated, but enough plasterwork remains to guide restoration.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"attributed to Daniel Pratt","architectural_style":"Federal vernacular / Plantation Plain Style with Greek Revival-leaning details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Parlor described as very deteriorated, with missing ornamental plaster and a falling ceiling, though enough remains for accurate restoration; outbuildings are recent. Listed as occupied private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.575687-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000959.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000959/b662ab0db5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000959/b662ab0db5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey_L._D._Andrew,_Photographer_Aug._26,_1936_FRONT_ELEVATION_-_Boykin_Hall,_Milledgeville,_Baldwin_County,_GA_HABS_GA,5-_,2-2.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey_L._D._Andrew,_Photographer_Aug._26,_1936_FRONT_ELEVATION_-_Boykin_Hall,_Milledgeville,_Baldwin_County,_GA_HABS_GA,5-_,2-2.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206847","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139995583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baldwin-county/boykin-maj-francis-house-78000959/"}