{"nrhp_refnum":"82002430","name":"Daes Chapel Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.61555543700007,"lon":-83.52799843199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story wood-frame Methodist church on North Washington Street in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia. The building was moved to its present site in the early 1900s; its original construction date and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant for local history because of its association with Clarkesville's black community. It is the only historic structure in the multiple resource area directly and exclusively tied to the town's black history. As a church, it represents the traditional center of social, cultural and religious life in that community.","narrative":"Daes Chapel Methodist Church is a small, simple, one-story church on North Washington Street in Clarkesville. Its wood frame, possibly heavy braced timber, is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a rock foundation infilled with concrete block. The gabled roof has exposed rafter ends, a gabled vestibule marks the entry, and the double-hung windows hold tinted glass. Inside are open benches, tongue-and-groove wainscoting and a plank ceiling. The building was moved to this lot in the early 1900s, after Miss Amanda Daes, a prominent Black citizen who owned land across the county and ran a restaurant on the square, donated an acre for a church. It originally stood north of town near the Trade School, and its earlier use is unknown. Its importance lies in local history: it is the only historic structure in the area tied exclusively to Clarkesville's Black community, for which the church was a traditional center of social, cultural and religious life. It remains in use, in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition and still in use as a Methodist church, though membership has dropped to five active members.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.515182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002430.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206190","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134360921"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/daes-chapel-methodist-church-82002430/"}