{"nrhp_refnum":"86002005","name":"Best, Allie M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"122 Athens St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartwell","county":"Hart County","state":"GA","lat":34.35076709700007,"lon":-82.94147610099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick English Tudor-style residence with a Craftsman-style interior layout at 122 Athens Street, Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, built about 1930 for Allie M. Best and designed by local architect Luther Temple.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a rare local example of English Tudor architecture and one of few architect-designed houses in Hartwell, and a major building project during the Great Depression. Its terraced, formally planned grounds are significant in local landscape architecture. Allie M. Best is also linked to local agricultural history through tobacco diversification efforts and the Soil Conservation Service.","narrative":"Built around 1930 at 122 Athens Street in Hartwell, this two-story brick house combines English Tudor exterior features with a Craftsman-style interior layout. Steep cross gables, stucco and granite details, round-arched porches, diamond-paned windows and massive chimneys give it a distinct character. Luther Temple designed it for Allie M. Best, a tobacco auctioneer and warehouseman who came to Hartwell in the mid-1920s to promote tobacco as an alternative to cotton. Members of the Temple family of builders constructed it, making it one of the few major building projects in Hartwell during the Great Depression. The grounds include terraces shaped from soil excavated for the basement, a cedar-lined drive, formal boxwood and rose gardens, a grape arbor and a pecan grove. The property was recognized for its architecture, its landscape design, and Best's role in local agriculture, including service as Hart County supervisor for the Soil Conservation Service.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Luther Temple (architect); built by Walker and Jule Temple / Temple Family","architectural_style":"English Tudor with Craftsman-style interior layout","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"In good condition and used as a residence; the upstairs and basement have been converted to rental apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.697606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86002005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002005/efbad2f9a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002005/efbad2f9a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allie_M._Best_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:Allie_M._Best_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206234","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allie_M._Best_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55603696"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hart-county/best-allie-m-house-86002005/"}