{"nrhp_refnum":"86000455","name":"Crowder, William Leonard, Home Place","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1615 Handy Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newnan","county":"Coweta County","state":"GA","lat":33.37845032750005,"lon":-84.96873304568777,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural farm property near Newnan in western Coweta County, Georgia, with an 1880s Victorian farmhouse, several outbuildings, and the sites of former farm businesses, on about 44 acres of the historic acreage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is a good example of a late 19th-century vernacular Piedmont Georgia farmhouse with outbuildings. It is also significant for agriculture and commerce through its working farm and the businesses of original owner William Leonard Crowder. It has potential to yield historic archaeological information and has informally landscaped terraced grounds typical of rural north Georgia.","narrative":"This farm property in the Handy Crossroads area, about 10 miles west of Newnan in Coweta County, Georgia, centers on a two-story, L-shaped, wood-framed farmhouse built in the 1880s. It has a gabled roof, two brick chimneys, a granite foundation, and a front porch with Victorian gingerbread cutwork. Outbuildings include a chicken house, privy, and grist mill, while the sites of a cotton gin, cane mill, wheelbarrow factory, and general store are also on the land. William Leonard Crowder (1847-1918) acquired the property in 1872 and ran these businesses alongside the farm. His store served local residents as a place to buy goods, collect mail, and vote. The grounds feature semi-circular terraces, old trees, and a swept-sand front yard. The property was recognized for its agriculture, commerce, architecture, landscape architecture, and potential historic archaeology, with a period of significance from 1880 to 1930.","period_of_significance":"1880-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th-century vernacular Piedmont Georgia farmhouse with Victorian gingerbread detailing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the form notes a house with side porches added in 1981 and a kitchen and breakfast room added in 1948.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.539855-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86000455.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000455/bb68550299-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000455/bb68550299-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_LEONARD_CROWDER_HOME_PLACE,_COWETA_COUNTY,_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:WILLIAM_LEONARD_CROWDER_HOME_PLACE,_COWETA_COUNTY,_GA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207657","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Crowder_Home_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85815702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/coweta-county/crowder-william-leonard-home-place-86000455/"}