{"nrhp_refnum":"84001147","name":"Crestwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"502 Eager Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valdosta","county":"Lowndes County","state":"GA","lat":30.869827454000045,"lon":-83.30245339878053,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Military","Engineering","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Crestwood is a two-story Neoclassical wood-frame farmhouse at 502 Eager Road in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, built in 1915 by William G. Eager, Sr., with a 1928 addition, on a pecan plantation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is an intact early-twentieth-century pecan plantation, with house, outbuildings and orchard still showing how the farm operated. It is also significant for its architecture and landscape design. Its builder, William G. Eager, Sr., a mechanical engineer, is credited with proposing the sawed-off trench shotgun used in World War I.","narrative":"Crestwood is a two-story wood-frame farmhouse at 502 Eager Road in Valdosta, Georgia, built in 1915 for William G. Eager, Sr. and expanded with a two-story wing in 1928. Its Neoclassical front has a pedimented portico with fluted columns and a wraparound porch ending in a porte cochere, while the interior mixes an open plan with Craftsman doors and leaded spider-web glass in the library. The house sits on a palm-lined drive among pecan orchards, with a 1915 garage and a circa 1922 nut house used for cleaning, sorting and packing nuts. In the late 1920s the plantation produced up to 30,000 pounds of pecans a year. Eager, a mechanical engineer, is credited with proposing the sawed-off shotgun used in World War I trench fighting, and he later set up ice plants and cold-storage facilities serving local farms. The property was listed for its architecture, landscape, agriculture, and its link to Eager.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1915, 1928)","architect_builder":"Builder, William G. Eager, Sr.","architectural_style":"Neoclassical, with Craftsman-style interior details","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; rehabilitation was completed and found to meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.273111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001147/0a7ae8740d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001147/0a7ae8740d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crestwood_house,_Valdosta,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crestwood_house,_Valdosta,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208829","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestwood_(Valdosta,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16952679"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lowndes-county/crestwood-84001147/"}