{"nrhp_refnum":"85001621","name":"Lee, Agnes, Chapter House of the United Daughters of the Confederacy","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 Avery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.77090625400007,"lon":-84.29007874999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, frame Colonial Revival meeting house at 120 Avery Street in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, built in 1916 for the Agnes Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, designed by architect Wilson A. Gosnell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of Colonial Revival design adapted to a functional meeting house that fits its residential neighborhood. It is also an early work of architect Wilson A. Gosnell. Socially, it housed a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is described as the only known chapter house built by and for a UDC chapter on land donated for that purpose.","narrative":"Built in 1916 at 120 Avery Street in Decatur, Georgia, this one-story frame building served as the meeting house of the Agnes Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Architect Wilson A. Gosnell, then working in the Atlanta office of Walter T. Downing, designed it in the Colonial Revival style, with weatherboard siding, brick piers, a symmetrical facade and an unusual front portico with a wavy roof. Inside, a large meeting room with a fireplace opens to a kitchen, powder room and reception room. The chapter, organized in 1901, raised about $2,500 for construction on a lot donated by a member's husband. Over the years it hosted veterans, a state convention reception and wartime gatherings. The nomination presents it as an architecturally fitting neighborhood building and as the only known chapter house built specifically by and for a chapter of the organization on land given for that purpose. The chapter still meets there.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Wilson A. Gosnell, architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a club house; the form reports no known changes to the building and says the chapter still meets there.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.30819-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85001621.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001621/b581d4b8d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001621/b581d4b8d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brogers784","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agnes_Lee_Chapter_House_of_the_United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brogers784</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:Agnes_Lee_Chapter_House_of_the_United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000565","name":"Winnona Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/winnona-park-historic-district-02000565/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207789","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134296292"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/lee-agnes-chapter-house-of-the-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-85001621/"}