{"nrhp_refnum":"83000219","name":"Stevenson House and Brickyard","other_names":["Westmoreland Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hartwell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lavonia","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.43394628800007,"lon":-83.10216841799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick house and former brickyard on Hartwell Road in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia, built in the late 1890s by Will Edgar Stevenson.","why_significant":"It is described as the first brick residence built within the Lavonia multiple resource area and the home of a local brick maker and builder who worked on several brick buildings there. It is also the only surviving historic brickyard in Lavonia, with clay pits and outbuildings still extant. Such brickyards were once common but are now very rare.","narrative":"Built in the late 1890s by Will Edgar Stevenson, this one-and-one-half story brick house on Hartwell Road in Lavonia combines a family home with the remains of a working brickyard. Stevenson was a local builder known for his skill in brick construction, and he also made bricks in an area behind the house. The house follows a central hall plan, with a gabled roof, segmental-arched windows and doors, two internal chimneys, and a wraparound porch. Its brick pattern of six rows of stretchers to one row of headers matches that of the nearby Cheek House. Four outbuildings stand in the rear yard, two of them brick, and clay pits used for brickmaking survive. The property is considered the first brick residence built in the Lavonia area and the only remaining example of a historic brickyard in the city. Such small-scale brickyards were once common and are now very rare. It remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Will Edgar Stevenson","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a residence; described as in good condition, with four outbuildings in the rear yard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.55242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000219.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206102","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/stevenson-house-and-brickyard-83000219/"}