{"nrhp_refnum":"83000199","name":"Adams House","other_names":["Adams Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hartwell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lavonia","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.43130182700003,"lon":-83.09339693199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Victorian-inspired frame house on a five-acre tract on Hartwell Road in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia, built in 1908 for William A. Adams with local builder Jack Grubbs.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a good example of vernacular late Victorian architecture from the early 1900s, notable for the arched opening between its entrance foyer and central hall. It also represents the small family farm of the area. It is locally significant as the home of W. A. Adams, who combined a mill superintendent's job with small-scale farming.","narrative":"Built in 1908 on Hartwell Road in Lavonia, this one-story frame house was commissioned by William A. Adams, a former farmer near Carnesville who moved to town after a bout of typhoid fever. Local builder Jack Grubbs helped construct it on a five-acre tract near the edge of the city. The house follows a central hall plan, with a wraparound porch on slender chamfered posts, a high hipped roof and six projecting gables. Its best-known feature is a wooden arch on fluted square columns separating the entrance foyer from the hall. Adams worked as superintendent at the Southern Cotton Oil Seed Company while keeping a small farm with cotton, corn, a garden, cows, chickens and hogs. The property is recognized for its vernacular late Victorian design, its example of a small family farm, and its link to a local resident who combined mill work with farming. It remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W. A. Adams/Jack Grubbs","architectural_style":"Vernacular late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence and described as in good condition; the original five-acre tract is now mostly wooded in pines.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.154634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000199.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206044","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/adams-house-83000199/"}