{"nrhp_refnum":"78000961","name":"Rockwell, Samuel, House","other_names":["Beauvoir","Governor Johnson House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"165 Allen Memorial Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milledgeville","county":"Baldwin County","state":"GA","lat":33.05676564000004,"lon":-83.23308743499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard house on a stuccoed stone basement at 165 Allen Memorial Drive, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, built in 1838 for Col. Samuel Rockwell. It is also known as Beauvoir and the Governor Johnson House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as an example of the transition from the Federal to the Greek Revival style. Its elliptical fanlight doorway and curving stair reflect Federal work, while the Lafever-derived details, balcony and pedimented portico are Greek Revival. The Winterthur Museum removed the woodwork of the northwest room and installed it as its Georgia Room.","narrative":"Built in 1838 for attorney and militia officer Col. Samuel Rockwell, this Milledgeville house combines two architectural periods. It is a clapboard building of two stories over a stuccoed stone basement, with a four-room, divided central hall plan. A two-story portico of paired fluted Ionic columns carries a pediment with an elliptical fan window, and a second-floor balcony has a Greek-detailed iron railing. Inside, an oval spiral stair and a fanlit doorway reflect the Federal style, while carved fret and anthemion woodwork derived from Minard Lafever's design books belongs to the Greek Revival. Joseph Lane, Sr., who came to Milledgeville from Portland, Maine, in 1837, was the architect; tax records support the 1838 date. The Winterthur Museum in Delaware removed the northwest room's woodwork and installed it as its Georgia Room. The house was listed for its architectural importance as a transitional example. Outbuildings include an antebellum privy, a well and a combined carriage and service building.","period_of_significance":"1838","architect_builder":"Joseph Lane, Sr.","architectural_style":"Transitional Federal to Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fire and smoke damage to the upstairs, dating from about 1968-69, was being restored by the owners at the time of the form. The basement was altered into an apartment and was vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.108971-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000961/0a8d3ff519-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000961/0a8d3ff519-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Rockwell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Samuel_Rockwell_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206867","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Rockwell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98207900"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baldwin-county/rockwell-samuel-house-78000961/"}