{"nrhp_refnum":"82002439","name":"McMillan, Robert, House","other_names":["Johnson Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Allen Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.60574010800008,"lon":-83.51876030899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Georgian Revival residence on a hilltop off South Washington Street in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, built in 1912 by Judge Robert McMillan.","why_significant":"The house is described as the largest and perhaps finest early 20th century Georgian Revival house in Clarkesville and its oldest brick residence. Its hilltop setting over former fields and orchards gave it the character of a gentleman's farm. It is also tied to McMillan's experimental apple orchards, which continued a local horticultural tradition.","narrative":"Built in 1912 by Judge Robert McMillan as his home, this two-story brick house sits on a hilltop back from South Washington Street in Clarkesville. Locals called it \"The Hill\" because of the topography. The house follows a central hall plan and has a symmetrical arrangement, a hip roof, and a front porch carried on pairs of square columns set on brick bases, extending into a carriage porch. Small shed-roofed porches project from the second story on the south and east sides. It is described as the largest and perhaps finest early 20th century Georgian Revival house in the town, and as the oldest brick residence in Clarkesville, where brick construction is relatively rare. The setting also matters: the hilltop once overlooked fields and orchards, giving the property the look of a gentleman's farm. McMillan planted experimental apple orchards on his seven-acre tract, continuing a local tradition begun by Jarvis Van Buren, though most of the plantings did not survive. The house remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Robert McMillan","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival (Georgia Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in use as a residence; a carport was added in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.498361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002439.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206210","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/mcmillan-robert-house-82002439/"}