{"nrhp_refnum":"83000232","name":"Cassel's Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 82","address_restricted":false,"city":"McIntosh","county":"Liberty County","state":"GA","lat":31.826533351000023,"lon":-81.52902111099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late-Victorian, two-and-one-half-story brick commercial building in the former community of McIntosh, near Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia, built in 1887 beside the Seaboard Coastline Railroad tracks.","why_significant":"The store is argued to be an unusually large and fine example of late nineteenth century rural commercial architecture in Georgia, with elaborate detailing and brick construction unusual for an area of mostly frame buildings. It is also a good example of the rural general store that served farmers and planters across a wide region. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Cassels' Store is a two-and-one-half-story brick commercial building erected in 1887 in the small rural community of McIntosh, Liberty County, Georgia. Built of loadbearing brick, it has segmentally arched windows, corbelled string courses and cornice, chimney piers rising up the five-bay front, and star-shaped tie rods. Its elaborate detailing and brick construction were unusual in a remote area where comparable buildings were usually frame. Robert Q. Cassels, a local businessman, built and owned the store beside the railroad. It stocked groceries, farm equipment, furniture, stoves, clothing and dry goods, offered cotton ginning, and housed the community post office on the first floor. Farmers traveled from a wide region several times a year to sell goods and buy supplies, often camping around the building. The store operated into the mid-twentieth century. It is now vacant and deteriorated, but it remains one of the few historic structures left in McIntosh, and it was recognized for its architecture and its role in rural commerce.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built and owned by Robert Q. Cassels)","architectural_style":"Late-Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and unoccupied, in deteriorated condition, with plaster crumbling and badly rotted floors and ceiling boards; the grounds are heavily overgrown.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.372754-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000232.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208790","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassels%27_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97280912"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/liberty-county/cassels-store-83000232/"}