{"nrhp_refnum":"86002057","name":"Temple-Skelton House","other_names":["Schell Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Athens St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartwell","county":"Hart County","state":"GA","lat":34.34968894700006,"lon":-82.94123379299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame house at 201 Athens Street in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, built in 1912 by John William Temple and altered around 1918-1920 with Craftsman features.","why_significant":"The house shows architectural change from an original Victorian design to a Craftsman-influenced one, and the alterations reflect the design influences J. W. Temple gained from building other Hartwell dwellings. It is also significant in local social history through its first two owners: Temple, a lumber company owner and builder, and Augustus Skelton, who helped establish the Hartwell Housing Authority and the Ty Cobb Memorial Hospital.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at 201 Athens Street in Hartwell, this one-story frame house began as a Victorian-eclectic design by its owner and builder, John William Temple, who ran the Temple Lumber Company. It has a hipped roof with projecting gables, half-timbered gable ends and an L-shaped porch. After Temple lost the house around 1918, Augustus and Mrs. Skelton acquired it and hired the Temple family to add Craftsman-style changes, including the porch columns, wainscoting, chair rails and tongue-and-groove ceilings. The house is significant for this layering of styles, which mirrors work Temple did on other Athens Street homes. It is also tied to local social history. Temple and his sons built numerous structures in the area, and Skelton helped establish the Ty Cobb Memorial Hospital and the Hartwell Housing Authority in the 1930s. The house remains a residence in good condition, with pecan trees marking its original street boundaries.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John William Temple","architectural_style":"Victorian-eclectic with later Craftsman-inspired features","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as being in good condition and in use as a residence; a non-historic garage stands near the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.157073-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86002057.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002057/5f6c56a5d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002057/5f6c56a5d7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple-Skelton_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:Temple-Skelton_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206290","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134379638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hart-county/temple-skelton-house-86002057/"}