{"nrhp_refnum":"80004451","name":"Knob, Wilkes, Plantation","other_names":["Murph, I. F., Farms"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 1","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshallville","county":"Macon County","state":"GA","lat":32.46856684200003,"lon":-83.8755852705832,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wilkes Knob Plantation is a two-story frame plantation house with one-story side and rear additions, set on an 870-acre farm on Route 1 near Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia. It was built in 1876 by Ignatious Few Murph.","why_significant":"The house is an example of the vernacular architecture built in Marshallville in the late 1800s, though it is architecturally simple. Its main significance comes from I. F. Murph's role in the commercial peach industry, both as a planter and as a supplier of crates. His financial and commercial dealings also helped Marshallville develop a commercial and financial district in the 1880s and 1890s.","narrative":"Wilkes Knob Plantation is a two-story frame house with one-story side and rear additions, set on an 870-acre farm near Marshallville in Macon County, Georgia. Built in 1876 and altered in 1937, it has tall, thin, shuttered windows and an offset door with a transom and sidelights. Foliage hides the house, a garden lies in the rear yard, and frame tenant houses sit across the road while the remaining land is farmed. Ignatious Few Murph, born in 1845 to early Marshallville settlers from South Carolina, built the house in the 1870s and began developing extensive peach orchards nearby. He later led the Elberta Crate Factory, reportedly grown into the largest crate and box factory in the country, held bank offices in Marshallville and Fort Valley, and became president of the Georgia Fruit Exchange. The property is recognized for its plain late nineteenth-century vernacular design and for Murph's influence on the peach industry and the town's commercial growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition for the house; the farmed land is in good condition. Used as a residence and farm, with frame tenant houses across the road. Altered in 1937.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.235461-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80004451.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206346","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107001855"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/macon-county/knob-wilkes-plantation-80004451/"}