{"nrhp_refnum":"82002489","name":"Mays-Boddie House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 109","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mountville","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":33.04034225500004,"lon":-84.92644932877278,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story frame farmhouse on Georgia Highway 109 near Mountville in rural Troup County, Georgia, built between 1828 and 1830 on Land Lot 98 while the land was owned by William Mays.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the oldest homes in Troup County and the only known surviving double pen frame house, showing early construction techniques and local materials. It was built soon after the 1827 land acquisition from the Creek Indians. The remains of a formal boxwood garden and of lost outbuildings add landscape and archaeological value.","narrative":"Near Mountville in rural Troup County, Georgia, this 1½-story frame farmhouse was built between 1828 and 1830 by William C. Mays. It began as a small double pen house with a two-over-four plan, using heart pine and fieldstone gathered on the site, mortise and tenon joinery, hand-hewn logs and hand-planed pine boards. Some woodwork was grained by itinerant craftsmen. The Boddie family bought the property around 1858-1859 and added a dining room, a kitchen connected by a breezeway, and a small rear annex. The house has stayed in the same family since. It was listed as one of the earliest homes in the county, built soon after the Creek lands were distributed by the 1827 land lottery, and as the only known surviving double pen house there. Remnants of a formal garden with ancient boxwood, magnolias, cedars and hollies, plus traces of vanished outbuildings, add to its importance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William C. Mays","architectural_style":"Early vernacular double pen frame house","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition, with restoration under way by a family member at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.616749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002489.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209741","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mays-Boddie_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85784498"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/mays-boddie-house-82002489/"}