{"nrhp_refnum":"84001116","name":"Jackson, John S., Plantation House and Outbuildings","other_names":["Jackson Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off GA 16","address_restricted":false,"city":"White Plains","county":"Hancock County","state":"GA","lat":33.40491602600005,"lon":-83.08818854698438,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story frame plantation house with ten outbuildings and about 47 acres of farmland, on the Greensboro-Sparta Road near White Plains, Hancock County, Georgia. It was built around 1856 for planter John S. Jackson.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of an antebellum plantation house with Greek Revival details, a four-over-four room plan and a raised basement for ventilation. It keeps almost all of its original materials and workmanship. Its siting on the area's highest ground is typical of antebellum Georgia plantations. Its ownership history shows the rise and decline of a plantation after the Civil War.","narrative":"Built around 1856, this three-story frame plantation house sits on high ground above pasture and farmland along the Greensboro-Sparta Road in Hancock County, Georgia. It rests on a raised rock-and-plaster basement and follows a four-over-four plan with a central hall. A two-story temple front with fluted Doric columns carries Greek Revival character, and Italianate brackets trim the cornice. Inside, the main floor keeps its original doors, plasterwork, graining-painted mantels and large pocket doors. Five historic outbuildings survive, including a well house, privy, buggy shed, storage barn and corn crib. John S. Jackson built the house after his 1856 marriage and was listed as a planter worth $30,000 in 1860. Wartime losses forced him to sell the house and land in 1870, and he later moved to Texas. The property is recognized for its architecture, its commanding siting and its picture of an antebellum plantation's rise and decline.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate bracketed cornice details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a private residence and for agriculture; the form notes few changes to the house, with a modern bathroom and a later rear porch added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.687024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001116.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208601","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107001260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hancock-county/jackson-john-s-plantation-house-and-outbuildings-84001116/"}