{"nrhp_refnum":"78000990","name":"Jordan-Bellew House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Madison Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monticello","county":"Jasper County","state":"GA","lat":33.30999437200006,"lon":-83.67831124599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Italianate house on Madison Highway (Georgia Highway 83) in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, built by Fleming Jordan between 1850 and 1860 on a 2.19-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of Italianate domestic architecture in Georgia, with bracketed eaves, a wraparound porch and distinctive interior woodwork. It is also tied to Fleming Jordan, a prominent Monticello figure and state legislator. The form rates its significance as local, under architecture and history.","narrative":"Built between 1850 and 1860 by Fleming Jordan, this two-story frame house in Monticello, Georgia, is an example of Italianate influence in the state. A porch with inset columns, turned balusters and brackets wraps the front and part of the sides, and a hipped roof with wide bracketed eaves covers the house. Brick appears only in the four exterior chimneys, the milk basement and the front steps. Inside, a freestanding oval spiral staircase dominates the central hall, and an unusual entablature with a bamboo motif recalling Chinese Chippendale frames the front door and the sliding doors. Mantels show Greek Revival simplicity. Jordan, a state legislator and landowner, reportedly used slaves and workers from his farms over nearly a decade of construction. He sold the house and 165 acres to his son in 1860. Later alterations were modest, and the original four-room central-hall plan with three shed rooms remains intact.","period_of_significance":"1850-1860","architect_builder":"Fleming Jordan","architectural_style":"Italianate (with Greek Revival details)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence, occupied; the owner restored deteriorated areas, and the exterior is unaltered with only minor interior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.135407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000990.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000812","name":"Monticello Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/monticello-historic-district-97000812/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208716","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jasper-county/jordan-bellew-house-78000990/"}