{"nrhp_refnum":"82002446","name":"Acoa","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mathis Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hollywood","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.652649725500055,"lon":-83.47192902395949,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Acoa is a wood-framed Greek Revival country house built in 1834 in the foothills of the Georgia mountains, about five miles northeast of Clarkesville in the Hollywood vicinity of Habersham County, Georgia. It sits on a 22-acre tract with a smokehouse, workshop, millpond, dam and mill ruins.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Acoa is a fine, intact example of a large but plain antebellum Greek Revival country house in north Georgia. It is also significant for its picturesque landscape and nineteenth-century plantings, and as one of several summer homes built by coastal planters in the mountains. The undocumented mill site adds potential historic archaeological value.","narrative":"Acoa is a large wood-framed country house built in 1834 in the foothills of northeast Georgia, near Hollywood in Habersham County. Its builder, John R. Matthews, was a planter from Charleston, South Carolina, and the house served as a summer residence, a retreat from the heat, humidity and malaria of the lowland coast. The house follows a six-over-six variation of the central-stairhall plan, with hand-hewn, pegged timbers on a fieldstone foundation. Its roof and porches were changed over time, but the form and interior detailing remain largely intact. A fieldstone smokehouse survives behind the house, and a millpond, dam and mill ruins lie to the southwest. Holly trees in front of the house date to 1842. The property was listed for its architecture as an excellent example of north Georgia's plain Greek Revival country houses, for its hilltop setting and plantings, for its place among coastal planters' summer homes, and for the archaeological potential of the mill site.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/architect listed as unknown; the text says it was built by John R. Matthews, a planter from Charleston, South Carolina","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site; occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.335827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002446.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208528","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85739630"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/acoa-82002446/"}