{"nrhp_refnum":"80001238","name":"Bailey, Frederick A., House","other_names":["Hill-Leonard House","The Barnard Hill House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 80","address_restricted":false,"city":"Talbotton","county":"Talbot County","state":"GA","lat":32.65752221400004,"lon":-84.53503842299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame house built in 1837 on U.S. Highway 80 south of Talbotton, Talbot County, Georgia, on a 4.3-acre remnant of an original 150-acre tract. It is also known as the Hill-Leonard House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as one of the first efforts to introduce Greek Revival style to Talbotton, soon after the area opened to settlement following the 1827 Land Lottery. It is also significant in local history because its succession of owners, including court officials, merchants, educators, editors and lawyers, took part in the town's social and political life.","narrative":"Built in 1837 on the edge of Talbotton, Georgia, this two-story weatherboard house shows Greek Revival design arriving in a town only a decade past its founding. It follows a central-hall plan with a rear ell, primitive Doric columns, a plain entrance with only a transom, and a rear porch that continues the hall. Later alterations include a kitchen addition before 1920, a double parlor made in 1950, and a widened front porch. The house is tied to Frederick A. Bailey, a clerk of the Superior Court who lost it to foreclosure in 1839. Later owners included a merchant and editor, an educator, two attorneys, and Judge Barnard Hill, whose son Walter became chancellor of the University of Georgia. A county school superintendent who wrote a handbook of Talbot County also lived there. It was surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930s. Its architecture and its owners' civic roles support its local significance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1837)","architect_builder":"Unknown; Frederick A. Bailey is believed to have built the house in 1837","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, used as a private residence; altered over time but original fabric retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.269422-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001238.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_A._Bailey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55612018"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/talbot-county/bailey-frederick-a-house-80001238/"}