{"nrhp_refnum":"85000936","name":"Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 53 & Peachtree Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hoschton","county":"Jackson County","state":"GA","lat":34.088530698000056,"lon":-83.75796327399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Neoclassical house with seven surviving outbuildings on 6.11 acres at GA 53 and Peachtree Road in Hoschton, Jackson County, Georgia. It was built between 1915 and 1917 as \"Hillcrest\" for John E. Hill and later served as the Allen Clinic and Hospital.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance in architecture as a fine adaptation of the Neoclassical style, probably by Gainesville architect J. Frank Moorefield. It is significant in social/humanitarian history as the Allen Clinic and Hospital (1930-1954), known for early use of radium to treat tumors. It is significant in local history as the home of John E. Hill and seat of a 2,000-acre farm.","narrative":"Hillcrest is a brick Neoclassical house in Hoschton, built between 1915 and 1917 for farmer John E. Hill and his wife. It has a wrap-around porch, a two-story portico with Doric columns, marble entrance framing, mahogany woodwork and an open central stair hall forming a loggia. The house was the center of a 2,000-acre cotton and corn farm until the Depression forced its sale. In 1930 Drs. Lisbon C. and Myron B. Allen bought it and moved their clinic there. Until 1954 it operated as a general hospital, noted across the Southeast for early use of radium to treat tumors, and it also trained Emory medical residents. It included a maternity ward and a dentist's office. Seven outbuildings remain on 6.11 acres, including a postwar Hosch's Store that later became a nurses' dormitory. The architect is tentatively identified as J. Frank Moorefield of Gainesville. The house later returned to private residential use.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1914-1917, 1930)","architect_builder":"\"Mr. Moorefield\" (tentatively identified as J. Frank Moorefield of Gainesville, Georgia)","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the house is in excellent condition, altered, with recent restoration work. One outbuilding is in disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.956435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85000936.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000936/fff0aea530-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000936/fff0aea530-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Pruitt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillcrest-Allen_Clinic_and_Hospital_Oct_2012_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Pruitt</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:Hillcrest-Allen_Clinic_and_Hospital_Oct_2012_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208694","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134382912"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jackson-county/hillcrest-allen-clinic-and-hospital-85000936/"}