{"nrhp_refnum":"83000186","name":"Hopkins, John M., Cabin","other_names":["Quarters #12 - Quest Cabin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Folkston, off GA 121/23","address_restricted":false,"city":"Folkston","county":"Charlton County","state":"GA","lat":30.738946551000026,"lon":-82.12785335499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Conservation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30 by 24 foot log cabin built circa 1927 on the eastern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp at Camp Cornelia, about 11 miles southwest of Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia. It was built by Hebard Cypress Company employees.","why_significant":"The cabin is the last tangible evidence in the area of John M. Hopkins, the man most closely associated with the exploration, timber harvesting and eventual federal preservation of the Okefenokee Swamp. It is also a relatively late example of vernacular log construction, built when frame building had largely replaced logs.","narrative":"Set in a live oak hammock beside the Suwannee Canal at Camp Cornelia, this log cabin was built around 1927 by Hebard Cypress Company employees. Its end-notched heart-pine logs rest on heart-pine sleepers and hexagonal blocks, and the interior holds four rooms. The Civilian Conservation Corps encampment of 1937 to 1941 added a chimney, running water, electricity and a septic system, and asphalt shingles later replaced the original cypress shingles. The cabin was associated with John M. Hopkins, a Darien lawyer who first surveyed the swamp's timber in 1900 and became the Hebard company's field director. He advised naturalists, supported the Okefenokee Preservation Society, and helped win federal protection for the swamp. When the refuge was created in 1937, he became its first manager and served until 1945. The cabin is also notable as a late example of log construction, a method that had mostly given way to frame building by the 1920s.","period_of_significance":"1900 present (specific date: unknown, circa 1927)","architect_builder":"Hebard Cypress Company Employees","architectural_style":"South Georgia vernacular log structure","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Occupied, in fair condition and altered; used as Quarters #12/Guest Cabin within Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.525695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000186/c6d9e6abd2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000186/c6d9e6abd2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_M_Hopkins_Cabin,_Charlton_county,_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:John_M_Hopkins_Cabin,_Charlton_county,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207265","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Hopkins_Cabin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30626934"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/charlton-county/hopkins-john-m-cabin-83000186/"}