{"nrhp_refnum":"83000208","name":"Keese House","other_names":["Slocum Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Burgess St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lavonia","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.43265289100003,"lon":-83.10920905199998,"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":"Two-story frame residence at 4 Burgess Street in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia, built in 1905 for local merchant Frank Keese on a small farm tract with several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is considered locally significant for its plain design with Victorian-inspired details and a unique central chimney serving six rooms. It also represents a small city farmstead where part-time cotton farming accompanied a downtown business. It is tied to Frank Keese and the prominent Tribble family.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 4 Burgess Street in Lavonia, this two-story frame house was the home of Frank Keese, a hardware merchant who also grew cotton on an eight-acre tract inherited by his wife from the Tribble family. The house follows a cross plan with three projecting gables decorated with half-timbering and turned and cut work at the peaks. A wraparound porch with square piers covers the front bay, and a single central chimney serves six rooms. Most windows are original one-over-one sash, and original tongue and groove paneling survives in two front rooms. A barn from 1906 once sheltered mules for the small farm. After Keese died in 1939, his son John ran a dairy on the land, adding a concrete block building and a second barn in 1940. The property was recognized for its distinctive architecture, its example of a small city farmstead, and its links to local commerce and the Tribble family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Plain style with Victorian-inspired details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in use as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.152193-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000208/95f052efcb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000208/95f052efcb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dashmiles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keese_House.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Dashmiles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keese_House.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206076","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305434"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/keese-house-83000208/"}