{"nrhp_refnum":"86002040","name":"Meredith, Dr. Owen, House","other_names":["Bowers Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 Benson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartwell","county":"Hart County","state":"GA","lat":34.34497890800003,"lon":-82.92547132099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Craftsman-inspired bungalow at 605 Benson Street in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, built in 1923 as the residence of Dr. Owen Meredith.","why_significant":"It is significant architecturally as a good intact example of the Craftsman style, with low horizontal massing under a broad roof, a porch with massive brick piers, exposed rafter ends and brackets. The integral car port marks it as a 20th-century house. It is also associated with local builder C. D. Griffin (spelled Griffith in one place in the form).","narrative":"This one-story brick bungalow at 605 Benson Street in Hartwell was built in 1923 for Dr. Owen Meredith, a local physician and Emory University School of Medicine graduate. The land had belonged to the Meredith family since at least 1900. Builder C. D. Griffin, who also constructed an early structure at the Hartwell School, is credited with the work. The house is a Craftsman-style design with a low gable roof, a bracketed gabled dormer, and a full-width porch carried on massive brick piers. The porch extends sideways into a porte cochere or car port, a feature that marks it as a product of the twentieth century. Rooms are arranged around a central hall, and the front windows sit in groups of three on either side of the entrance. Two wrought-iron porch posts are the only major alteration. It is recognized locally for its largely intact Craftsman character and for its link to a local builder.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C. D. Griffith","architectural_style":"Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and used as a residence; the only major changes are two wrought-iron porch posts.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.531651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86002040.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002040/fad852899f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002040/fad852899f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Owen_Meredith_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:Dr._Owen_Meredith_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206270","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134373901"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hart-county/meredith-dr-owen-house-86002040/"}