{"nrhp_refnum":"79000734","name":"McRee, James Price, House","other_names":["McRee Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"181 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Camilla","county":"Mitchell County","state":"GA","lat":31.230695725000032,"lon":-84.20194979599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neoclassical house at 181 E. Broad Street in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, built in 1907 for turpentine businessman James Price McRee and designed by T. Firth Lockwood. It sits on a large in-town lot with two outbuildings and part of a pecan grove.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest of several Neoclassical houses in Camilla. It is also tied to J.P. McRee and his turpentine business, an important Georgia industry. It has family-history value as a documented wedding gift that stayed in the McRee family.","narrative":"Built in 1907, this two-story Neoclassical house in Camilla, Georgia, was a wedding present from James Price McRee to his bride, Jeanette Wade. Architect T. Firth Lockwood designed it with a truncated hip roof, a two-story portico of paired Ionic columns, flanking one-story porches, and a pedimented porte-cochere on the west side. The frame is heart pine cut at one of McRee's sawmills. A fire in 1936 led to an interior remodeling by Valdosta architect Lloyd Greer, who kept the basic plan and many original mantels. The grounds hold a smokehouse with sheds, an automobile garage, and part of a pecan grove McRee planted. McRee was a prominent turpentine producer and held many other business interests. The property was listed as one of the finest Neoclassical houses in Camilla, as a reminder of a significant Georgia industry whose local facilities have vanished, and as a house owned by the McRee family throughout its history.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"T. Firth Lockwood, Columbus, Georgia","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence in fair condition; the exterior is virtually intact and the interior was remodeled after a 1936 fire.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.334165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000734.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000734/6afde167db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000734/6afde167db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Price_McRee_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:James_Price_McRee_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208999","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price_McRee_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29094768"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/mitchell-county/mcree-james-price-house-79000734/"}