{"nrhp_refnum":"79000708","name":"Hamilton, Dr. James S., House","other_names":["Alpha Delta Pi Sorority House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"150 S. Milledge Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.95445960200004,"lon":-83.38838129399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story masonry house at 150 South Milledge Avenue in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, built between 1857 and 1861 by local architect-builder Ross Crane for Dr. James S. Hamilton. It now serves as a sorority chapter house.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its eclectic mix of Federal and Greek Revival styling and for its cast iron porch, one of a limited number that survive in Georgia. It is also notable as the work of Ross Crane, described as the most prominent local antebellum architect. Historically it reflects the home of an antebellum industrialist, and it is an example of adaptive use as a sorority house.","narrative":"Built between 1857 and 1861 on South Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia, this two-and-a-half-story stuccoed masonry house was the home of Dr. James S. Hamilton, a physician, railroad director, university trustee and textile mill owner. Local architect and contractor Ross Crane designed and built it. Its most striking feature is a one-story cast iron porch with Gothic-style columns, patterned railings and grillwork, made at a Philadelphia foundry in 1860 and shipped south just before Civil War blockades. Italianate brackets, large chimneys and a Greek Revival entrance add to its eclectic character. Hamilton's family lived here through the war, and the house later passed to the Hodgson family, who repaired it around 1906. Since 1939 a sorority has owned it and used it as a chapter house, with a rear addition. The house is valued for its rare ironwork, its link to Crane, and its connection to Athens industry.","period_of_significance":"1857-1861","architect_builder":"Ross Crane","architectural_style":"Eclectic (combination of Federal and Greek Revival, with Italianate brackets and cast iron ornament)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a sorority dormitory and chapter house since 1939; interior altered and a rear dormitory addition built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.13397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000708.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000708/ae4581ce60-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000708/ae4581ce60-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._James_S._Hamilton_House,_c.1861,_photographer_facing_SW-A_(2).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._James_S._Hamilton_House,_c.1861,_photographer_facing_SW-A_(2).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75000580","name":"Dearing Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/dearing-street-historic-district-75000580/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207468","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134286744"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/hamilton-dr-james-s-house-79000708/"}