{"nrhp_refnum":"82002425","name":"Asbury, Henry, House","other_names":["Swain Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 E. Waters St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.61708274100005,"lon":-83.52390103299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story weatherboarded I-house at 211 East Waters Street in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, built in 1900-01 by master builder Rusk Church as the residence of hardware store owner Henry Asbury.","why_significant":"It is a late example of the plain-style I-house, embellished with late Victorian features such as a bay window, and is tied to local builder Rusk Church. Its early 20th century landscape setting largely survives, including a rock path and the remains of a clay tennis court. The Delco power house sheltered the first direct-current generator in Clarkesville, and the house is linked to Henry Asbury, a local hardware merchant.","narrative":"Built in 1900-01 on Water Street in Clarkesville, this two-story weatherboarded I-house was designed and constructed by local master craftsman Rusk Church for Henry Asbury, owner of a hardware store and one of three Asbury brothers prominent in the town. It has a central hall plan, a rear wing forming a modified T, a green tin roof, a bay window, cutwork gables, and a wraparound shed porch with chamfered posts. The I-house form was more common in earlier centuries, so its use here shows how a traditional type persisted into the 1900s. The property once covered eight acres, and much of the landscaped setting remains, including lawns, shrubbery, large trees, a rock path and the site of a clay tennis court used by young people in the community. A Delco power house supplied electricity about fifteen years before it was generally available in town, and it survives as a storage shed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Rusk Church","architectural_style":"Plain style I-house with late Victorian features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and used as a residence; the Delco power house is now used as a storage shed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.414982-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002425.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002425/3322b67602-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002425/3322b67602-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HENRY_ASBURY_HOUSE,_HABERSHAM_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HENRY_ASBURY_HOUSE,_HABERSHAM_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206178","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Asbury_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16995185"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/asbury-henry-house-82002425/"}