{"nrhp_refnum":"82002450","name":"Lamar-Blanchard House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Washington and Ward Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.792995380000036,"lon":-82.47926208699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Plantation Plain-type house with Federal-style detailing, built in 1823 on a corner lot in downtown Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia. It was moved about one hundred feet north around 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good example of early nineteenth-century Plantation Plain architecture in the Georgia piedmont and the only surviving example of its type in downtown Lincolnton. It was built as a tavern near the courthouse square and served as one of the town's principal taverns through the antebellum and Reconstruction periods. It is also associated with Peter Lamar, a landowner and public official who helped shape early Lincolnton.","narrative":"Built in 1823, this two-story, five-bay house in downtown Lincolnton, Georgia, is an early example of the Plantation Plain type with Federal-style detailing. Its braced frame of hand-hewn timbers is covered in beaded weatherboard, and a full-width front porch has seven square columns and unusual shallow-arched spandrels. Local tradition holds it to be the oldest structure in town. It was moved about one hundred feet north around 1940 to make room for a commercial building, and the chimneys, foundations and several additions date from that period or later. Inside, the central stair hall, wide-board paneling, hand-planed ceiling boards and a fine Federal mantel survive despite remodeling. The house was built as a tavern across from the courthouse square and served as one of the town's main taverns for decades, a type of building few Georgia examples survive. It is also tied to Peter Lamar, who owned much of the land on which Lincolnton grew and held many public offices.","period_of_significance":"1823","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Plantation Plain with Federal-style detailing","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition but altered; surrounded by newer commercial buildings, with a parking lot behind.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.10661-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002450/acdd4e7718-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002450/acdd4e7718-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamar-Blanchard_House_-_now_the_Lincolnton_Welcome_Center.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Lamar-Blanchard_House_-_now_the_Lincolnton_Welcome_Center.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93000932","name":"Lincolnton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/lincolnton-historic-district-93000932/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208807","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134383065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/lamar-blanchard-house-82002450/"}