{"nrhp_refnum":"80001237","name":"McBain, Newman, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Americus on U.S. 19","address_restricted":false,"city":"Americus","county":"Sumter County","state":"GA","lat":32.04259065100007,"lon":-84.25342453499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story frame house built about 1853 for Americus resident Newnan McBain, on a small parcel beside U.S. Highway 19 south of Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, with an associated frame barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinct and rare antebellum folk house of the Louisiana French or \"Creole\" type, the first identified and nominated in Georgia. Its French-derived form may reflect previously unrecognized cultural influence on settlement in southwest Georgia. The house also has archaeological potential and is itself the main source of information about its history.","narrative":"Built around 1853 for Americus resident Newnan McBain, this 1-1/2 story frame house sits on a slight rise east of U.S. Highway 19 south of Americus. It has a rectangular plan, a gable roof, brick piers, weatherboard siding and an inset front porch with five square columns. Inside, four rooms on the ground floor are arranged back to back around two central chimneys, with two rooms upstairs. A long, narrow frame barn stands nearby. The house matters because its plan, massing, porch and chimney placement match the Louisiana French or Creole house type described by folk-housing scholars, rather than the English-derived plain style or Greek Revival forms common in rural Georgia. It is identified as the first Creole-type house nominated in the state and may point to French building traditions reaching southwest Georgia. Its builder is unknown. Because its history is poorly documented, the house and its grounds are valued as sources for future study. The house is rented today.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Louisiana French or \"Creole\" type house (folk house; not Greek Revival or plain style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition not rated in the legible text; the house is rented, the rear additions show signs of remodeling, and the property is no longer a working farmstead.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.929845-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001237.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209528","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134457528"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/sumter-county/mcbain-newman-house-80001237/"}