{"nrhp_refnum":"80001063","name":"Watts, George T., House","other_names":["Nicholson Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Love St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cave Spring","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.10629275500003,"lon":-85.33993122899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Victorian-eclectic frame house on Love Street in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia, built in 1859 (the narrative gives 1858) by Dr. George T. Watts.","why_significant":"The house is cited for its architecture, a mix of Italianate, Gothic Revival and Eastlake influences typical of small-town building practice. It is also noted for community planning and development as an isolated house on a secondary street, and for local history as an in-town home of the professional class, occupied in succession by two doctors.","narrative":"This one-story frame house on Love Street in Cave Spring, Georgia, was built in 1859 for Dr. George T. Watts; the narrative gives 1858. It has a T-shaped plan, cross-gable roofs, three tall chimneys, front and side porches and a side bay window. The walls are weatherboard over a wood frame on brick piers, with a metal roof. Its design is generally Italianate, with brackets, bay windows and asymmetric massing. Gothic Revival influence shows in the articulated chimneys, and Eastlake scrollwork appears on porch brackets and in the gable peaks. Some exterior details were added in the late nineteenth century. The house sits on high ground in a neighborhood of non-historic homes, away from the older residential area to the north, and illustrates unplanned town growth. It also represents the in-town dwellings of the professional class: Watts and a later owner, Dr. James D. Thompson, were both physicians in Cave Spring. It is in fair condition and used as a rental residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Dr. George T. Watts)","architectural_style":"Victorian-eclectic (generally Italianate with Gothic Revival and Eastlake influences)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fair condition; current use listed as rental/residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.163176-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001063.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206040","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/watts-george-t-house-80001063/"}