{"nrhp_refnum":"78000965","name":"Glen Echo","other_names":["Bird-Everett-Morgan House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 mi. (3.2 km) E of Ellabelle on GA 204","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ellabelle","county":"Bryan County","state":"GA","lat":32.13541988900005,"lon":-81.46442793899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glen Echo, also called the Bird-Everett-Morgan House, is a Plantation Plain style farmhouse about two miles east of Ellabelle on Georgia Highway 204 in Bryan County, Georgia. Family tradition dates it to 1773, though that cannot be documented.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an example of the Plantation Plain type of Georgia structure, standing on land owned and occupied by the same family for over 200 years. The land was a 1771 king's grant to Abraham and Israel Bird and Hugh Bryan. The nearby Red Bug Road, a colonial supply route, adds to its historical interest.","narrative":"Glen Echo, also known as the Bird-Everett-Morgan House, is a Plantation Plain style farmhouse on Georgia Highway 204 near Ellabelle in Bryan County. It sits on part of a 400-acre king's grant made in 1771 to Abraham and Israel Bird and Hugh Bryan. Family tradition dates the house to 1773, although details such as the boxed cornice and returns suggest a date in the early 1800s. Over its long life the house has been weatherboarded, enlarged and altered, yet the downstairs west room keeps beaded wall boards, wide pine floors and pegged rafters. The Bird family were millers, and later owner Albert Glen Smith farmed cotton, corn, cane and rice, served as a Confederate major and gave the house its Glen Echo name. The property was spared during the Civil War, though the outbuildings were burned. It is significant as a Plantation Plain example held by one family for over two centuries. The nominated area covers about seven acres.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Plantation Plain","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as a private residence; condition fair and altered. Original shed rooms were removed and a kitchen wing added at the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.11774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000965.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000965/d58b8dd987-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000965/d58b8dd987-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kddixon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Echo,_1773.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kddixon</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:Glen_Echo,_1773.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207137","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Echo_(Ellabell,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5567711"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bryan-county/glen-echo-78000965/"}