{"nrhp_refnum":"80001037","name":"Conner, Wesley O., House","other_names":["Hewitt House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cedartown St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cave Spring","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.10084700800007,"lon":-85.32932649175791,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2-story wood-frame farmhouse on Cedartown Street in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia, built about 1869 for Wesley O. Conner and still used as a residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an unusual mid-19th-century eclectic house that combines Gothic Revival form and details with Romanesque round-arched windows. Its setting is also described as typical of small farms along country roads near small towns in the area. It was the home of Wesley O. Conner, superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf from 1867 to 1916.","narrative":"Built around 1869 on Cedartown Street in Cave Spring, this 1-1/2-story farmhouse was constructed for Wesley O. Conner shortly after he bought the property. The wood-frame building has board-and-batten siding, a seamed-metal jerkin-headed gable roof, two tall interior chimneys, and a front porch. Its center bay projects forward with a large jerkin-headed dormer and triple round-arched windows, flanked by smaller dormers and single arched windows. Molded battens and label molding over the first-story openings add detail. The overall form is Gothic Revival, while the round-arched windows are Romanesque, a combination the nomination calls extraordinary and unusual in Georgia. The house sits on a gentle slope between hills and floodplains, with large trees, broad lawns and two board-and-batten barns, and it reflects the small farms found near towns in this part of the state. Conner served as superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf from 1867 to 1916, and his family kept the house until 1947. It remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic/Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a residence; described as in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.743817-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001037.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001037/cdeb22b7c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001037/cdeb22b7c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"rossograph","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesley_O._Connor_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">rossograph</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesley_O._Connor_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206012","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_O._Conner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85814971"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/conner-wesley-o-house-80001037/"}