{"nrhp_refnum":"80001065","name":"Wharton-Trout House","other_names":["Broad Oaks"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rome St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cave Spring","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.11441703350005,"lon":-85.32847501126147,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Other","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse in the Italian Villa style on Rome Street in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia, built in 1854 for Major Wharton of Virginia. Locally it is also called Broad Oaks.","why_significant":"The house is a vernacular version of Italian Villa architecture, showing a transition from Greek Revival to Italianate in rural Georgia, and its brick construction is unusual for the state. It is also significant as a merchant's home rather than a plantation house. It was the home of Jackson Trout, an early settler and merchant who helped organize the School for the Deaf.","narrative":"Built in 1854 for Major Wharton of Virginia, this two-story farmhouse on Rome Street in Cave Spring is a simple, locally interpreted example of Italian Villa architecture. Its load-bearing walls are handmade brick, and it has a low hip roof, wide bracketed eaves, a rear ell and a front porch. The three-bay front has a central doorway at each floor with side and transom lights, and the interior follows a four-over-four plan around a central stair hall. These features reflect a transition from Greek Revival to Italianate styling common in rural Georgia, and brick construction of this kind is unusual in the state. The house is also notable as a merchant's home rather than a plantation, replacing an earlier log cabin on the site. Jackson Trout, an early Cave Spring settler and merchant who helped organize the School for the Deaf and served as justice of the peace, later owned it. Large trees, lawn and cleared hillside fields surround the house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Villa (vernacularized), with Greek Revival transitional features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and currently used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.90696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001065.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206042","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/wharton-trout-house-80001065/"}