{"nrhp_refnum":"79000728","name":"Winn, Elisha, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Dacula at 908 Dacula Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dacula","county":"Gwinnett County","state":"GA","lat":34.02385461400007,"lon":-83.90804032299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-over-two Plantation Plain-style house on a three-acre property north of Dacula, Gwinnett County, Georgia, built around 1812 by an unknown builder, with a mid-nineteenth-century T-shaped rear addition.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Gwinnett County's political and legal history: the act creating the county in 1818 required its first elections and court sessions to be held at the house of Elisha Winn. It is also one of the few surviving examples of Plantation Plain architecture from the county's earliest period.","narrative":"North of Dacula in Gwinnett County, Georgia, stands a house dating to about 1812 that served as the first seat of local government. When the Georgia legislature created the county in 1818, the act directed that elections and the Superior and Inferior courts be held at the house of Elisha Winn. Winn, a planter, became the first justice of the Inferior Court and later served as state senator and representative. The house is a two-over-two Plantation Plain structure with a central stair hall, stone end chimneys and wideboard walls. A mid-nineteenth-century T-shaped addition extends from the rear, and the interior retains its original stair, mantels and finishes. The three-acre site also holds a rebuilt drive-through barn, a small shed and possible archaeological remains of an early jail and commissary. Owned by Gwinnett County and leased to a historical society, the house is slated for restoration.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1812","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Plantation Plain","criteria":[],"status_note":"The original portion of the house was unoccupied at the time of nomination, but a restoration architect appraised its structural condition as excellent. The county owns it and leases it to the Gwinnett Historical Society, which intends to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.653349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000728.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000728/bc72cb336d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000728/bc72cb336d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Davidmcarlson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elisha_Winn_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Davidmcarlson</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:Elisha_Winn_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Winn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5361828"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/gwinnett-county/winn-elisha-house-79000728/"}