{"nrhp_refnum":"80001030","name":"Cave Spring Female Academy","other_names":["Garner House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rome St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cave Spring","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.111971322000045,"lon":-85.33309876899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick building on Rome Street in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia, built about 1850 as the Cave Spring Female Academy and now a private residence.","why_significant":"It is considered one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses in Floyd County and a good example of plain, utilitarian mid-19th-century school architecture in Georgia towns. Its exterior keeps its original character, and its brick construction was unusual for the period but common for academic buildings. It also represents one of several small private schools in Cave Spring in the 19th century.","narrative":"Built about 1850 on Rome Street in Cave Spring, this two-story brick building was constructed as the Cave Spring Female Academy, an educational facility for young women. It has a rectangular plan, a gable roof with flared eaves, two interior side-wall chimneys, a rear ell, stone lintels and wood detailing. The front facade is four bays wide and slightly asymmetrical. The Floyd County Board of Education bought it in 1890 and used it as a public school, and it has since become a private residence with a remodeled interior. Its exterior still keeps its original appearance. It is considered one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses in Floyd County and a good example of the plain, practical school buildings of mid-19th-century Georgia towns. Brick was not often used in that era, though it was common for academic buildings. Some of the academy's students were boarded at nearby country houses.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in residential use; the interior has been remodeled into several small rooms on each floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.001529-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001030.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206002","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/cave-spring-female-academy-80001030/"}