{"nrhp_refnum":"82002436","name":"Lewis, J. A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.61347225900005,"lon":-83.52411883399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Craftsman-style bungalow on N. Washington Street in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, built in 1930 as the family home of J.A. Lewis. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent, intact local example of an early 20th century Craftsman bungalow, with low massing, asymmetrical gables, brick construction and Craftsman detailing. It is also significant for its link to J.A. Lewis, who operated a pioneering interurban bus line between Clarkesville and Cornelia in the 1920s and 1930s.","narrative":"Built in 1930 on North Washington Street in Clarkesville, this one-story brick bungalow was the family residence of J.A. Lewis. It follows the Craftsman style, with a central hall plan, a cross-gable roof and several gables facing the street. Details include bracketing, exposed rafter ends, decorative attic vents, stucco patterning in a gablet, arched porch openings, and double-hung windows with multiple narrow panes in the upper sash. A rear room was added in 1970, and the house remains in good condition within a mixed-use area. Its linear floor plan hints at the ranch houses that later replaced bungalows in popularity. The house is also tied to transportation history. Lewis owned and operated a bus line between Clarkesville and nearby Cornelia, later extending service into North Carolina. Cornelia was the commercial center of the county because of its rail and highway connections, and the Lewis Bus Line gave residents a convenient link between the two towns.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Craftsman-style Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and still used as a residence; a rear room was added in 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.591457-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002436.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002436/44d98cc592-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002436/44d98cc592-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"shomar19","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.A.Lewis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">shomar19</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:J.A.Lewis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206204","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134362472"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/lewis-j-a-house-82002436/"}