{"nrhp_refnum":"81000697","name":"Lamson-Richardson School","other_names":["West Central Georgia CAC"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Railroad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshallville","county":"Macon County","state":"GA","lat":32.447216300000036,"lon":-83.94426032999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, T-shaped brick school building on Railroad Street in Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia, built in 1915 with funds from Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston, on a school site sponsored by the American Missionary Association.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant in education as one of very few privately endowed schools for Black students in the region, and as a focal point of Marshallville's Black community. It is also significant in architecture as the largest, most imposing and most intact historic building in the Black section of town, and as a modest example of progressive early twentieth century school design.","narrative":"Built in 1915, the Lamson-Richardson School is a one-story, T-shaped brick building beside the railroad tracks in Marshallville's Black neighborhood. It replaced a two-story frame school opened in 1887 by Anna Wade Richardson, born in Marshallville to enslaved parents, with support from Boston YWCA counselor Kate A. Lamson and the American Missionary Association. Funds from Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston paid for the present building. The first senior high class graduated in 1937, and the school became county-supported in 1957. The building has load-bearing brick walls, a gabled roof with exposed rafter ends, and Craftsman-style half-timbering and stucco in the end gables. Classrooms face south along a single-loaded corridor, with a gymnasium at the north end. Its listing recognizes its role as a rare privately endowed school for Black students, drawing pupils from as far as Albany, and as the most intact historic building in the town's Black community. Alterations and water damage have left it in fair to poor condition, though its form and plan remain intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early twentieth century school design with Craftsman-style half-timbering and stucco in the end gables","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fair to poor condition; used as a day care center, preschool and senior citizens center. The gymnasium roof needs repair and its floor and ceiling are water-damaged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.745167-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/81000697.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206348","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/macon-county/lamson-richardson-school-81000697/"}