{"nrhp_refnum":"82002499","name":"Possum Poke","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 82","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poulan","county":"Worth County","state":"GA","lat":31.516818199000056,"lon":-83.78140689345406,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Possum Poke is an early 20th-century hunting camp near the northeast corner of Poulan, Worth County, Georgia, made up of two frame dwellings, \"Big Poke\" (1905) and \"Little Poke\" (rebuilt 1934), with various outbuildings on about 15 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant in architecture, conservation, and politics/government. It reflects the simple, rustic tastes of its owner-builder, Governor Chase S. Osborn of Michigan, and the early conservation movement's fashion for rustic camps. It is also tied to Osborn's Progressive political career, and the nomination calls it the only intact place still associated with him in the United States.","narrative":"Possum Poke is a hunting camp on a wooded, level site just inside the northeast edge of Poulan, Georgia. Two wood-frame houses with metal roofs face each other along a dirt lane, with a barn-garage, smoke house, chicken house, and a glass-walled banana house between them. Big Poke, built in 1905 from uncured pine, is a two-story Plantation Plain house with four identical upstairs bedrooms. Little Poke is a one-story, Bungalow-influenced house rebuilt in 1934 after a fire destroyed the original. The camp began as a retreat for northern hunters wintering in South Georgia. One of them, Chase S. Osborn, later became governor of Michigan. He bought out his partners in 1920 and spent winters here until he died on the property in 1949. A Progressive Republican and early conservation advocate, he used the camp to meet with colleagues. His widow donated the 15 acres to the University System of Georgia in 1966. The property was listed for its architecture, conservation, and political associations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (owner-builder Governor Chase S. Osborn; Big Poke built by the hunter's club)","architectural_style":"Plantation Plain (Big Poke); Bungalow-influenced (Little Poke)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied; the widow of Governor Osborn was said to occupy the premises seasonally. The property is owned by the University System of Georgia, and vinyl siding was added to both houses in 1981.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.391937-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002499.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002499/e695c276b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002499/e695c276b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Possum_Poke,_Poulan,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</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:Welcome_to_Possum_Poke,_Poulan,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209995","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_Poke","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16898772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/worth-county/possum-poke-82002499/"}