{"nrhp_refnum":"87001448","name":"Poullain, Phillip, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Penfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Greene County","state":"GA","lat":33.584802154000045,"lon":-83.17797880699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Italianate-style house on Penfield Road in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, built around 1868 for Phillip Poullain and possibly designed by J. O. Barnwell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent and unusual example of mid-19th-century Italianate residential architecture in Greensboro and Georgia. It has the L-shaped plan, three-story tower, bracketed cornices and mixed round- and square-headed windows typical of the style. It is one of fewer than half a dozen Italianate houses in Greensboro, and the style is rare in Georgia.","narrative":"Set on Penfield Road in Greensboro, Georgia, this two-story frame house was built for Phillip Poullain, probably around 1868. The exact date is uncertain, and the form places construction either between 1853 and 1860 or between 1865 and the mid-1870s. J. O. Barnwell, who designed Greensboro's Church of the Redeemer in 1868 and stayed with Poullain's father during that work, may have been its architect. The house has an L-shaped plan, a three-story tower with a pyramidal roof, a wrap-around porch, bracketed eaves and tall corbeled chimneys. Vinyl siding added in 1980 imitates the original wood siding, which remains underneath. The house is significant as a fully developed example of the Italianate style, which is uncommon in Georgia, where Greek Revival influence dominated before the Civil War and other Victorian styles followed afterward. Fewer than half a dozen Italianate houses stand in Greensboro, and most are modest cottages. The nominated area covers only the drive and the yards around the house.","period_of_significance":"1853-1860, 1865-1875 (best date ca. 1868)","architect_builder":"possibly J. O. Barnwell","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a residence and described as in good condition; vinyl siding was added in 1980 over the original wood siding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.036551-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001448.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206168","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/greene-county/poullain-phillip-house-87001448/"}