{"nrhp_refnum":"78000993","name":"Grice Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wrightsville","county":"Johnson County","state":"GA","lat":32.72972713100006,"lon":-82.71636713199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story raised cottage built in 1905 on East Elm Street in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia, by local farmer and carpenter J. R. Grice as a family home and inn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an unusual vernacular building whose form is unique to Middle Georgia, derived from French Colonial architecture of the Mississippi River Valley. It is also tied to Wrightsville's period of greatest growth, when the inn served as a town social center near the railroad station.","narrative":"Built in 1905 on East Elm Street in Wrightsville, Georgia, this two-story inn combines a brick lower level with a wood-frame upper level covered in clapboards. A double porch with lattice balustrades wraps two sides, and the roof forms a gable resting on a hip. J. R. Grice, a local farmer and carpenter, built it as a family home and boarding house, reportedly cutting and curing the timber on his farm. Located near the railroad station, it housed students from Warthen College, couples and older residents, and served meals to townspeople. Two rooms were added at the back a few years after construction. The Grices ran the inn until 1920, and later owners rented rooms or apartments. Its design follows French Colonial forms from the Mississippi Valley and is considered the first of its kind in Georgia, as well as an unusual raised cottage in the piedmont. The county historical society acquired it in 1977 intending to restore it.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"J. R. Grice","architectural_style":"Vernacular raised cottage derived from French Colonial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant; owned by the Johnson County Historical Society, which plans to restore it as a community center. Some floor and ceiling decay from a leaking roof.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.413222-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000993.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000993/1798357939-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000993/1798357939-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grice_Inn,_Wrightsville,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</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:Grice_Inn,_Wrightsville,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208745","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grice_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43080618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/johnson-county/grice-inn-78000993/"}