{"nrhp_refnum":"79000736","name":"Dismukes, Robert E., Sr., House","other_names":["Dismukes-Jarrell House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1617 Summit Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.476211603000024,"lon":-84.96273023599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick suburban villa at 1617 Summit Drive in the Peacock Woods garden suburb of Columbus, Georgia, completed in early 1926 and designed by the Atlanta firm Hentz, Reid & Adler, with W.C. Whitaker as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last and one of the finest works of architect Neel Reid, who designed the house, gardens and garden buildings as one composition. It is also a good example of the 1920s houses in Peacock Woods. Historically it is tied to Robert E. Dismukes, Sr., a Columbus civic leader from 1900 until his death in 1943.","narrative":"Set on a knoll in the Peacock Woods garden suburb of Columbus, Georgia, this two-story brick house with a hip roof and one-story wings was completed in early 1926 for lawyer and civic leader Robert E. Dismukes, Sr. The Atlanta firm Hentz, Reid & Adler produced the plans in 1923, and Neel Reid designed everything from the interiors to the gardens, a garden wall, a gazebo and servants' quarters. Reid made a final inspection, carried on a stretcher, months before his death in 1926, and local builder W.C. Whitaker finished the work. The only notable change is the enclosure of two open porch pavilions, done so carefully that the original massing survives. The property is considered one of Reid's last designs and an example of a suburban villa in which house and landscape were planned together. Dismukes served on the city council and city commission and held several business posts.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1923, 1926)","architect_builder":"Hentz, Reid & Adler, Architects (Neel Reid, principal designer); W.C. Whitaker, Builder","architectural_style":"Federal building with Greek Revival details (per Grady); described by reviewers as Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence, occupied; condition listed as excellent and altered (the open porch pavilions were enclosed).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.881381-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000736/d95c9d1327-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000736/d95c9d1327-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ken Owens Photography","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1617Summit_Drive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Owens Photography</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:1617Summit_Drive.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000134","name":"Peacock Woods-Dimon Circle Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/peacock-woods-dimon-circle-historic-district-03000134/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209086","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134399514"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/dismukes-robert-e-sr-house-79000736/"}