{"nrhp_refnum":"80001093","name":"Walden-Turner House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 42 and Ward St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockbridge","county":"Henry County","state":"GA","lat":33.544608176000054,"lon":-84.23267446499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian house built about 1895 on less than one acre at the corner of Highway 42 and Ward Street in Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia, beside the railroad. It was built for John C. Walden.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only substantial two-story Victorian house left in Stockbridge, with period design and craftsmanship that remain largely unaltered. It is also tied to the town's local history as a railroad town, since it served as a boarding house and temporary residence for many townspeople.","narrative":"Built about 1895 for farmer John C. Walden, this two-story Victorian house occupies a prominent corner lot in Stockbridge, facing the railroad that gave the town its start in 1882. The white clapboard house has an irregular plan with bays, gables, ells and porches, a wraparound porch, diamond-shaped gable shingles, a stained-glass transom and a rock foundation. Inside, a two-story entrance hall with a stairway and original light fixtures survive. Commercial development removed most of the town's late nineteenth-century houses, leaving this as the only impressive Victorian house in the community. Later owners included a bank, the Clark family and, from 1945, Mrs. S. L. Turner, whose family ran it as a boarding house and temporary home for many residents. Local tradition also says it served as a hotel around 1900, though no documentation has been found. Two outbuildings, a garage and a shed, stand on the property. The house was vacant when nominated, though structurally sound.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"The house was vacant for several years and had suffered vandalism, but was described as structurally sound. It was offered for sale to someone who would restore it as a residence.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.475148-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001093.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208674","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/henry-county/walden-turner-house-80001093/"}