{"nrhp_refnum":"82002459","name":"York House","other_names":["Gibson-York House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Mountain City off US 23/441","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mountain City","county":"Rabun County","state":"GA","lat":34.93733530900005,"lon":-83.38325852399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped, weatherboard-sheathed inn near Mountain City, Rabun County, Georgia. It grew from an early log cabin (c. 1851 or earlier) through additions in 1907 and 1974 on a 4.49-acre site with a surviving springhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it shows the evolution from a log cabin to a Victorian-era country inn, with a 1907 L-shaped wing typical of hotels of the period. It is tied to the Tallulah Falls Railroad and Rabun County's resort era, and to local history through the Gibson and York families. Its siting for views of the Little Tennessee River Valley and its landscaping add landscape architecture significance.","narrative":"Near Mountain City in Rabun County, Georgia, York House is a two-story, L-shaped inn clad in weatherboard. Its core is a two-story log cabin on a granite-stone foundation that forms a basement, built on land Hiram Gibson bought in 1851. Mollie Gibson and William York lived there after their marriage in the 1880s. When surveyors for the Tallulah Falls Railroad began lodging with them around 1896, the farmhouse became an inn. A 1907 L-shaped wing and dining room expanded it for guests, and porches with chamfered posts wrapped the building. Descendants of the Yorks ran the inn into the 1970s. The property is recognized for architecture showing the shift from log cabin to Victorian inn, for commerce during the county's railroad-driven resort era, for local history, and for landscape design that took advantage of valley views. A surviving springhouse and planted firs, hemlocks and boxwoods remain on the 4.49 acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Evolution from log cabin to Victorian-era inn, with craftsman-influenced porch balustrade","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and operated as an inn, expanded to year-round operation, with part used as owners' residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.126146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002459.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002459/4f572b36a4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002459/4f572b36a4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:York_House_-_a_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_site_that_is_now_a_bed_and_breakfast_outside_of_Mountain_City,_GA.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:York_House_-_a_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_site_that_is_now_a_bed_and_breakfast_outside_of_Mountain_City,_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209327","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134456099"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/rabun-county/york-house-82002459/"}