{"nrhp_refnum":"84001167","name":"Render Family Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 18","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Meriwether County","state":"GA","lat":33.01580317200006,"lon":-84.70925929199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard plantation house with outbuildings on 8.3 acres one mile south of the courthouse in Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia. The original house dates to about 1832 and was remodeled in Neoclassical style in 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of a plantation house transformed over time while remaining in one family. Built about 1832 in the Plantation Plain style, it was enlarged around 1867 and again in 1907 by architect T. Firth Lockwood of Columbus. It is also significant as the homeplace of the Render family, long prominent in county affairs.","narrative":"Render Family Homestead is a two-story clapboard house on 8.3 acres south of Greenville, Georgia. James Render, a Meriwether County plantation owner and justice of the Inferior Court, built the original house around 1832 in the Plantation Plain style. His son Joshua made the first major changes, giving the house an L shape, and later additions included a connected kitchen. In 1907 James L. Render hired Columbus architect T. Firth Lockwood to remodel it into its present Neoclassical form, adding a four-column Ionic portico, a central stairway, and new mantels. The property keeps several historic outbuildings, including a playhouse, a stone smokehouse, the old kitchen, and a well shed, plus a family cemetery and restored formal garden. The house was valued as an example of a plantation house updated to changing tastes while held by one family for over 130 years, and as the seat of a family prominent in county affairs.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"1907 - T. Firth Lockwood (Sr.), Architect; original house built by James Render","architectural_style":"Neoclassical (1907 remodeling of an 1832 Plantation Plain house)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition listed as excellent and original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.539099-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001167/708fca62a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001167/708fca62a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Saverivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Render_Family_Homestead.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Saverivers</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:Render_Family_Homestead.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208985","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134391607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/meriwether-county/render-family-homestead-84001167/"}