{"nrhp_refnum":"78000999","name":"Bridges, J. L., Home Place","other_names":["Louie Bridges House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Lexington on GA 22","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Oglethorpe County","state":"GA","lat":33.934568838000075,"lon":-83.02436109799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-a-half-story frame house north of Lexington on Georgia Route 22 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on about 8 acres. The original two-room section was standing by 1795.","why_significant":"It is one of fewer than a handful of surviving 18th-century houses in Oglethorpe County and the Piedmont, and it shows some of the best workmanship. The enclosed paneled stair may be unique in Georgia, as may the flame design in the panels of the small door beneath it. The Flemish bond chimney carries a lozenge of grey headers, described as the earliest such design yet discovered in Georgia.","narrative":"North of Lexington in Oglethorpe County stands a small, plain one-and-a-half-story frame house that deeds show was standing by 1795. Long thought to have begun as a log cabin, it appears instead to be heavily framed, with two original rooms built several years apart. The west room has fine woodworking: wide beaded pine walls, beaded rafters, a Flemish bond chimney with a small lozenge of grey headers, and an enclosed paneled staircase to the loft. A small door under the stair has panels with a flame-like grain pattern. The nomination treats these features as rare in Georgia, and the chimney design as the earliest of its kind yet found there. Later additions include a front bedroom, a rear kitchen wing and a pantry, but the house is otherwise little changed. In 1872 J. L. Bridges bought the tract, and his family has kept it since. The house is one of very few 18th-century survivors in the county.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Small plain style framed house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; condition marked good and altered. Additions include a front bedroom, a rear kitchen wing and pantry, and a shed room. Late 19th-century locks and shingles replaced the originals.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.273123-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/78000999.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209212","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/oglethorpe-county/bridges-j-l-home-place-78000999/"}