{"nrhp_refnum":"79000745","name":"Reid-Jones-Carpenter House","other_names":["Montrose"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2249 Walton Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.47805891500008,"lon":-82.01530563399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Montrose, the Reid-Jones-Carpenter House, is a one-story Greek Revival house on an elevated daylight basement at 2249 Walton Way in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. It was built in 1849 for Robert Alexander Reid, and one outbuilding survives.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of the Sand Hills cottage, a type native to Augusta, adapted to the Greek Revival style with exceptional detailing. It is also tied to Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., a leading Georgia historian who lived there from 1877 until his death in 1893. Its architecture has been recognized in the 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey and in Frederick D. Nichols's books on Georgia architecture.","narrative":"Montrose is a Greek Revival house at 2249 Walton Way in Augusta, Georgia, built in 1849 for Robert Alexander Reid in the Sand Hills, then a seasonal retreat for the city's well-to-do residents. It is a one-story frame house raised on a daylight basement, a local cottage type adapted to the style of the day. Four fluted Corinthian columns carry a pedimented front portico, and the facades are symmetrical, with entablatures, dentils, corner pilasters and wrought iron balconies. Inside are a central stair hall, double parlors, a circular skylight and five Italian-carved marble mantels. The house is also linked to Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., a lawyer and prolific historian who bought it in 1877 and lived there until his death in 1893. His daughter's family later occupied it. Since 1972 it has served as a church youth center. It was listed for its architecture and its literary and historical associations.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (Sand Hills cottage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Since 1972 the house has served as the Alan Fuqua Youth Center of Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, restored without significant alteration to its architectural integrity. The one remaining outbuilding is out of use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.786884-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000745.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000745/b13972ba56-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000745/b13972ba56-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reid-Jones-Carpenter_House,_photographer_facing_NE_(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:Reid-Jones-Carpenter_House,_photographer_facing_NE_(2).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80001229","name":"Summerville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/summerville-historic-district-80001229/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209397","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid%E2%80%93Jones%E2%80%93Carpenter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7309932"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/reid-jones-carpenter-house-79000745/"}