{"nrhp_refnum":"83003591","name":"Bacon Family Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Durham St. and Albany Bainbridge Stage Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Baconton","county":"Mitchell County","state":"GA","lat":31.38251444000005,"lon":-84.19264980342993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural homestead of 443.8 acres near Baconton, Mitchell County, Georgia, with a rustic board-and-batten farmhouse built in 1912-13, historic landscaping, and pecan groves on the site of an earlier plantation.","why_significant":"The land was the plantation of Robert J. Bacon, Sr., for whom Baconton was named, and it holds the parent trees of Georgia's cultivated pecan industry. The 1913 house is an unusual example of rustic rural architecture in Mitchell County, and its informal grounds add to the setting. The grounds may also hold archaeological evidence of the mid-19th century plantation.","narrative":"Near Baconton in Mitchell County, Georgia, this 443.8-acre homestead centers on a one-story board-and-batten farmhouse built in 1912-13 by Robert J. Bacon, Jr. Its walls were never painted, and the siding is made of unturpentined pine. Inside are beaded board ceilings, plank walls, wide pine floors and three fireplaces. A horseshoe drive, boxwoods, a fountain and informal plantings surround the house, with pecan groves nearby. The land was once part of a plantation of about 4,000 acres assembled around 1858 by Major Robert J. Bacon, Sr. He gave the railroad its right-of-way, and the station and town of Baconton took his name. Pecans grown here from nuts sent from Texas around 1872 became the parent trees of Georgia's cultivated pecan industry. Bacon, Jr. helped open Baconton's first pecan shelling plant in 1919. The site may also hold archaeological evidence of the earlier plantation.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates 1858, 1912-13)","architect_builder":"Unspecified local carpenters","architectural_style":"Early twentieth century rustic style","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence and agricultural property; the house is in good condition but altered, the front porch floor has been removed, and the swimming pool is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.96619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83003591.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208995","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_Family_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29095047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/mitchell-county/bacon-family-homestead-83003591/"}