{"nrhp_refnum":"80001053","name":"Robbins, Samuel W., House","other_names":["Brewer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rome St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cave Spring","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.10840355400006,"lon":-85.33598733499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-19th-century 1-1/2-story wood-frame residence on Rome Street in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia, built about 1851 for Samuel W. Robbins and altered around 1900.","why_significant":"The house is significant for architecture as a fine example of mid-19th-century eclectic residential design combining I-house, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Stick or Eastlake elements. It is also significant for community planning, since it marks the sharp divide between downtown to the south and the residential area along Rome Road to the north.","narrative":"Built around 1851 for Samuel W. Robbins, this 1-1/2-story house on Rome Street in Cave Spring is a wood-frame residence with weatherboard siding on a brick foundation. It has a steep gable roof, three front dormers, two tall interior chimneys and a front porch. A one-story rear addition dates from about 1900, when the house appears to have been remodeled. Its design blends several traditions: the narrow plan follows the I-house type, the steep roof and chimneys reflect Gothic Revival, the porch brackets, pendants and posts are Italianate in feeling, and the stickwork in the dormer gables suggests Stick or Eastlake influence. This mixture reflects local building practice that drew on tradition, patternbooks and changing fashion. The house also matters for town planning. It sits just north of downtown and sharply separates the commercial center from the residential area along Rome Road, a pattern typical of small-town growth in the later nineteenth century. It remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (original owner Samuel W. Robbins)","architectural_style":"Eclectic mid-19th-century residential design with I-house, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Stick/Eastlake influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current use is residence; outbuildings include a garage and wellhouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:39.973028-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001053.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001053/3121c91054-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001053/3121c91054-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_W_Robbins_House,_Cave_Spring_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_W_Robbins_House,_Cave_Spring_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206030","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134302638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/robbins-samuel-w-house-80001053/"}