{"nrhp_refnum":"80004446","name":"Alma Fruit Farm","other_names":["Jones-Peterson House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 49W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshallville","county":"Macon County","state":"GA","lat":32.436468983000054,"lon":-83.99276818903661,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neo-classical frame house built in 1893 on Ga. Hwy. 49W, about two miles west of Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia. It served as the main house of a commercial fruit farm.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house a good example of turn-of-the-century Neo-classical architecture, with a monumental two-story portico made more striking by its knoll setting. It is also important as a link to the community's agricultural past because of its close ties to the commercial fruit industry.","narrative":"Alma Fruit Farm, also known as the Jones-Peterson House, is a two-story Neo-classical frame house built in 1893 on a knoll about two miles west of Marshallville, Georgia. Anson Ball Slappey built it for his daughter Alma and her husband, J. Leonard Jones, as the main house of a commercial fruit farm. The land was originally part of an 11,000-acre grant made to Jacob Slappey in 1826. In the 1930s the house was also home to Louise Frederick Hays, author of the History of Macon County, Georgia. Though now covered in aluminum siding and altered by the removal of side porches and the screening of the second-story balcony, it keeps a monumental two-story portico and a large central hall with a stairway. The house was listed for its architecture and for its connection to the commercial fruit industry that shaped the local agricultural economy. The surrounding acreage is still farmed, and the house remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect/builder unknown; built by Anson Ball Slappey for his daughter Alma and her husband J. Leonard Jones","architectural_style":"Neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition; used as a residence and farm, with surrounding acreage still farmed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.519359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80004446.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206338","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134383310"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/macon-county/alma-fruit-farm-80004446/"}