{"nrhp_refnum":"82002399","name":"Tucker, Henry Crawford, Log House and Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Off GA 37","address_restricted":false,"city":"Moultrie","county":"Colquitt County","state":"GA","lat":31.210896950000063,"lon":-83.84407711673073,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Engineering","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Social History","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story dog trot log house and surrounding farmstead on about 45 acres near Moultrie in Colquitt County, Georgia, built between the mid-1820s and late 1840s, probably by Henry Crawford Tucker.","why_significant":"The house is possibly the oldest surviving residential structure in Colquitt County and a fine example of a dog trot log cabin. The farmstead represents a typical nineteenth-century Wiregrass farm, with an unusual antebellum dam and known sites of ten outbuildings, wells and trash dumps that could yield archaeological information. It was also the home of Tucker, an early settler remembered as the \"father of Colquitt County.\"","narrative":"Near Moultrie in Colquitt County, Georgia, a one-story dog trot log house sits on a 45-acre farmstead. Built between the mid-1820s and late 1840s, probably by Henry Crawford Tucker, it has hand-hewn logs with half-dovetail notching, shed porches, and an enclosed central breezeway. Later additions and enclosed porch rooms show how such houses grew over time. The property also holds the remains of an antebellum earthen and timber dam that formed a livestock pond, along with the known sites of ten outbuildings, several wells and two trash dumps. Tucker was an early settler, a Primitive Baptist minister, and a delegate to the 1861 state secession convention. He is remembered as the father of Colquitt County because he had thirty-two children. His 1860 and 1870 farm records point to a large sheep operation. The house is possibly the oldest surviving residence in the county, and the farmstead is a well-preserved example of Wiregrass farming.","period_of_significance":"Mid 1820's-late 1840's","architect_builder":"Henry Crawford Tucker was probably the builder.","architectural_style":"Dog trot log cabin","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in fair condition, on its original site and altered over time. Still owned by Tucker's descendants, with the house and remaining farmstead acreage retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.663905-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002399.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207644","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Crawford_Tucker_Log_House_and_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30623279"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/colquitt-county/tucker-henry-crawford-log-house-and-farmstead-82002399/"}