{"nrhp_refnum":"82002494","name":"Harris, William, Family Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Campton","county":"Walton County","state":"GA","lat":33.89706149600005,"lon":-83.72201474525295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 367-acre family farmstead near Campton in northern Walton County, Georgia, with an 1820s log farmhouse, later frame farmhouses, tenant houses, an 1872 schoolhouse, outbuildings and a family cemetery. The land has been in the Harris family since 1837.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is one of the earliest rural settlements in Walton County and has operated continuously for nearly 150 years. It shows the evolution of piedmont farming from subsistence to cotton, and from slave labor to tenant farming. Its buildings show vernacular construction from handicraft to machine production, and known sites of lost structures give archaeological potential.","narrative":"Set on 367 acres of piedmont farmland at the northern edge of Walton County, this farmstead centers on a log farmhouse built in the 1820s, probably by William Carr, who assembled the land in 1823. By 1837 the William Harris family, previously of Oglethorpe County, owned it, and descendants have held it since. Around the log house stand later farmhouses built by Harris sons and descendants, two tenant houses, an 1872 schoolhouse, barns, a fieldstone and brick smokehouse, a family cemetery and part of an old county road. The buildings show a shift from hewn logs and pegged rafters to sawn lumber and machine-cut nails. The farm also records changes in Georgia agriculture, from subsistence to cotton and from slave labor to tenancy and sharecropping. Known sites of vanished structures, including slave quarters, a kitchen and a blacksmith shop, suggest archaeological potential. The property was listed for its settlement, agricultural, architectural and archaeological value.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular plain-style country architecture with Federal, late Greek Revival and Victorian details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated fair. The log farmhouse and outbuildings have been stabilized and the owner hopes to restore them; the schoolhouse is dilapidated and one tenant house is in poor condition. Some farmhouses and land are rented, and one owner lives on the property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.074036-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002494.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002494/2f54602b11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002494/2f54602b11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DHMountain","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Harris_Log_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DHMountain</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:William_Harris_Log_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harris_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010929"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/walton-county/harris-william-family-farmstead-82002494/"}