{"nrhp_refnum":"82002432","name":"Griggs-Erwin House","other_names":["Dixon Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.61729431200007,"lon":-83.52674262599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story plain-style residence on Bridge Street in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, built around 1860 and probably by original owner James E. Griggs, with Victorian porches and a rear wing added in the late 19th century.","why_significant":"The house is significant architecturally as an \"evolved\" work, combining modest Greek Revival detailing from Griggs's original house with Victorian porches and rear rooms added by later owner William S. Erwin. It is also significant locally as the home of Erwin, a Civil War captain and attorney, and reflects the unpretentious tastes of Georgia's middle class in the 19th century.","narrative":"This two-story house on Bridge Street in Clarkesville dates to about 1860. James E. Griggs bought the one-acre lot in 1857, when Bridge Street was a new road leading to the Soque River, and he likely built the main block. It is a plain-style dwelling with modest Greek Revival touches, including a boxed cornice with returns, pilaster-like corner boards and a doorway with sidelights. William S. Erwin, a lawyer and Civil War captain, bought the property in 1873 and brought his bride there. He added rooms at the rear and the Victorian front porch and balcony, with scalloped cutwork and chamfered posts. The Erwins later took in boarders, and an exterior staircase to the second floor reflects that use. The house is valued as an example of how 19th-century Georgia owners updated older homes to keep them fashionable, and as the home of a local attorney. It has been a family residence since 1946.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James E. Griggs ?","architectural_style":"Plain-style with Greek Revival influences; Victorian porches","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in use as a family residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.165889-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002432.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002432/6625d35ce4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002432/6625d35ce4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRIGGS-ERWIN_HOUSE,_HABERSHAM_COUNTY,_GA.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:GRIGGS-ERWIN_HOUSE,_HABERSHAM_COUNTY,_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206196","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134361937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/griggs-erwin-house-82002432/"}