{"nrhp_refnum":"84001109","name":"Allen, John Quincy, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"345 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buford","county":"Gwinnett County","state":"GA","lat":34.12272280900004,"lon":-84.00108004899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Georgian Revival house at 345 East Main Street in Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia, built in 1911-12 for John Quincy Allen of the Bona Allen family, with a historic carriage house on the grounds.","why_significant":"The house is significant in architecture as a fine domestic example of Georgian Revival, with restrained details and simple arrangement typical of the early twentieth-century reaction to Victorianism. It is significant in local history as the home of John Quincy Allen, son of tannery founder Bona Allen, Sr., in a town closely tied to the Bona Allen family business.","narrative":"Built in 1911-12 at 345 East Main Street in Buford, Georgia, this two-story frame house reflects the Georgian Revival style. It has white-painted poplar weatherboard, a Palladian entrance portico with a flower basket-and-garlands relief, French doors, and a side porte cochere. Inside are large rooms, paneled wainscotting, Federal-style mantels, mahogany doors and oak floors. A two-story carriage house with servants' quarters, a circular brick driveway and traces of a formal garden remain on the grounds. The house was home to John Quincy Allen (1880-1967), a son of Bona Allen, Sr., founder of the Bona Allen Tannery, the town's leading industry. He was an officer, shareholder and director of the family company and is remembered for starting the Bona Allen Shoemakers baseball team. His house was one of seven Allen family homes along the railroad, near his father's finer residence. The architect is unknown, though a prominent Atlanta architect may have been involved.","period_of_significance":"1911-12","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered; occupied. Grounds are being restored, and the original heating and ventilation systems have been replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.850295-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001109.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001109/89a21e53e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001109/89a21e53e9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Melsner4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Quincy_Allen_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Melsner4</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:John_Quincy_Allen_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208501","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Allen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16159421"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/gwinnett-county/allen-john-quincy-house-84001109/"}