{"nrhp_refnum":"80001235","name":"Smith-Alston House","other_names":["Alston House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 Ponder St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richland","county":"Stewart County","state":"GA","lat":32.09415230500008,"lon":-84.66152391099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Greek Revival cottage at 405 Ponder Street in Richland, Stewart County, Georgia, built in 1857 and nominated with 3.2 acres that include part of a pecan grove.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance in architecture, agriculture and local history. The house is unusual locally for its two front doors with keystone decoration and its five-room plan. Its owners, Dr. Jubilee Smith and the Alston family, contributed to Richland through religion, medicine and agriculture, notably N.C. Alston, Jr.'s role in introducing the pecan industry to Stewart County.","narrative":"Built in 1857, this one-story Greek Revival cottage in Richland, Georgia, measures thirty-one feet square and sits under a hipped roof. Its three-bay facade has two front doors, each opening into a separate room, separated by pilasters topped with wooden keystones. The interior has five rooms and intact woodwork with flush paneled walls. Tradition holds that it was built for Dr. Jubilee Smith, a doctor, druggist, minister and Civil War company commander. Dr. Nathaniel C. Alston bought it in 1870, and it stayed in his family until the mid-1950s. His son, N.C. Alston, Jr., known as the \"Pecan King of Southwest Georgia,\" is credited with introducing the pecan industry to Stewart County. About two acres of his pecan grove are part of the nominated land. The double-door design and five-room plan are unusual for Georgia Greek Revival houses, which generally had single entrances and four rooms. The house is attributed to carpenter James Oxford.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1857)","architect_builder":"James Oxford (?)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; undergoing renovation with a room being added to the east at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.365021-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001235.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001021","name":"Richland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/richland-historic-district-86001021/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209508","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134457431"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/stewart-county/smith-alston-house-80001235/"}