{"nrhp_refnum":"82002414","name":"Battey, Dr. Robert, House","other_names":["Battey House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"725 E. 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rome","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.24329663300006,"lon":-85.16504069099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story Gothic Revival cottage built in 1851 for Dr. Robert Battey. It stands at 725 East Second Avenue in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, and was moved there in 1974 from its original site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a relatively rare, well-executed antebellum example of Downing-inspired Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia. It is also historically significant as the home of Dr. Robert Battey, a pioneer in gynecological medicine, and is the only surviving building in the Rome area associated with him.","narrative":"Built in 1851 for Dr. Robert Battey, this Gothic Revival cottage in Rome, Georgia, is L-shaped, one and a half stories high, and topped by steeply pitched intersecting gables. It has board-and-batten siding, bracketed cornices, a bay window and paired sash windows with drip moldings. Inside, a semicircular stairway and much of the original walnut woodwork survive. The house was moved in 1974 to prevent demolition for commercial development and was rehabilitated in 1979 as offices, with the porch reconstructed along its original lines. Its design follows the Romantic pattern books of Andrew Jackson Downing, though the designer and builder are unknown. Such picturesque houses were unusual in antebellum Georgia, where plain and Greek Revival styles dominated. Battey, who lived here, became known for the operation named for him, first performed in Rome in 1872, and for contributions to gynecological medicine. The house is the only surviving Rome-area building linked to him.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1851)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (Downing's Gothic Revival or Bracketed style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1979 for commercial use and occupied as offices; the exterior was preserved nearly in original condition, while the interior was altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.540395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002414.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002414/6168dad7f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002414/6168dad7f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bubba73","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Battey_house,_Rome,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Battey_house,_Rome,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001637","name":"East Rome Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/east-rome-historic-district-85001637/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207974","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305010"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/battey-dr-robert-house-82002414/"}