{"nrhp_refnum":"87001345","name":"Mable, Robert, House and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5239 Floyd Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mableton","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.82703136900005,"lon":-84.573582073502,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sixteen-acre farm complex at 5239 Floyd Road in Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia, with a two-story I-house built in 1843 by Robert Mable, a smokehouse, a kitchen, a well and a family cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is a good example of an antebellum Plantation Plain (I-house) farmhouse that keeps its original form, proportions and interior arrangement. The house, outbuildings, cemetery and fields together show a rural southern farm layout. It is also tied to Robert Mable, for whom the town was named, and to a Civil War encampment and hospital site.","narrative":"Sixteen acres in Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia, hold the farmstead of Robert Mable, a Scottish-born landholder who built a two-story frame house there in 1843. The house follows the Plantation Plain, or I-house, form, with a central hall, four end chimneys, a pedimented porch and heart pine construction joined with wooden pegs. Original mantels, doors and windows survive, and large wooden cross bolts still serve as door locks. A smokehouse, a rebuilt kitchen, a historic well and a family cemetery with Mable's grave and those of nine enslaved people complete the farm layout. Mable gave the railroad a right-of-way in 1881, and the stop that followed was named Mableton for him. Federal troops camped on the land in July 1864, and the site later served as a hospital. The property was recognized for its architecture and its intact rural farm setting, with the house now used for offices, gallery space and art classes.","period_of_significance":"1843-1885","architect_builder":"Mable, Robert (owner-builder)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century; Plantation Plain (I-house)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic house used for offices, a gallery and an art studio in the kitchen; the cemetery is fenced and well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.781344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001345.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001345/adc15910ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001345/adc15910ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cynthia Jennings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Mable_House_Front_View.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Jennings</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:Robert_Mable_House_Front_View.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207591","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mable_House_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17029834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/mable-robert-house-and-cemetery-87001345/"}