{"nrhp_refnum":"83000204","name":"Cheek House","other_names":["Rushton House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38 Hartwell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lavonia","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.43405324400004,"lon":-83.10119173499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick residence at 38 Hartwell Road in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia, built in 1904 by local builder W. E. Stevenson as a wedding gift for his daughter Josephine.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture, as an example of early twentieth-century eclectic residential design that combines a central-hall I-house plan with Gothic Revival and Greek Revival elements and Neoclassical-inspired Ionic columns. It is also tied to W. E. Stevenson, a brick mason who built many structures in the area, and it is considered his finest residential work in Lavonia.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at 38 Hartwell Road in Lavonia, this two-story brick house was a wedding gift from local builder W. E. Stevenson to his daughter Josephine, who married Ben Cheek in 1905. The bricks came from Stevenson's own brickyard across the street. The narrow central-hall plan echoes the older I-house tradition, while a steep front gable adds a Gothic Revival touch. A two-story porch with brick end pillars and two wooden Ionic columns recalls Greek Revival design, and a one-story entrance bay carries a balcony with a balustrade. A kitchen and dining wing was added at the rear before 1932. The Cheeks lived here until 1932, when the property was sold to an insurance salesman whose family stayed until 1973. It was listed for its architecture, as a builder-designed eclectic house and the finest residence Stevenson built in Lavonia. It remains a residence today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Will Edgar Stevenson (W. E. Stevenson)","architectural_style":"Early twentieth-century eclectic, with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Neoclassical elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a residence; the house is described as in good condition, while a rear brick outbuilding and a wooden structure are in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:39.970228-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000204.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000204/d99cf31ce5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000204/d99cf31ce5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lavonia_CheekHouse_0564.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</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:Lavonia_CheekHouse_0564.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206064","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305409"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/cheek-house-83000204/"}