{"nrhp_refnum":"84001075","name":"Beavers, John F., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Fairburn off GA 92","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairburn","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.65399262500006,"lon":-84.67108927099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, frame, weatherboarded house on rock piers northwest of Fairburn in the old town of Campbellton, Fulton County, Georgia, begun in 1828 as a two-room plain-style Antebellum house and later enlarged and reoriented.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant in architecture as an early frontier-built home that, after later changes, looks like a Greek Revival cottage. It is also significant in local history as the home of John Fluker Beavers, an early Campbell County settler, and his son Reuben Beavers, a county official. The house hosted county court sessions before a courthouse was built.","narrative":"Built in 1828 in the town of Campbellton, this one-story frame house began as a plain two-room dwelling with end chimneys, facing the town square. Later owners added a central hall, side rooms, a kitchen and a Greek Revival portico with four round, fluted columns, and turned the main entrance toward the valley. Inside, hand-planed pine boards, chair rails, six-paneled doors and two Federal-style mantels survive. The property also includes a historic barn with an attached chicken shed. Its first occupant, John Fluker Beavers, was among Campbell County's earliest settlers, and the county's courts and elections were directed to meet at his house until a permanent courthouse could be built. His son Reuben Beavers lived here while serving as Clerk of the Inferior Court and later Ordinary, and he was a Campbellton town commissioner. The house was listed for its architecture, which shows both frontier construction and a later Southern image, and for these local associations.","period_of_significance":"1828 and later","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early frontier Antebellum plain style, later altered with Greek Revival and Neoclassical features","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; altered, on its original site, and still heated by fireplaces with minimal utilities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.09389-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001075.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001075/46e81ff230-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001075/46e81ff230-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mike Taylor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeaverHouseFairburn4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Taylor</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:BeaverHouseFairburn4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208094","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134355758"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/beavers-john-f-house-84001075/"}