{"nrhp_refnum":"88000595","name":"Lovvorn, Dr. James L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"113 E. College St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bowdon","county":"Carroll County","state":"GA","lat":33.53833016900006,"lon":-85.25308723499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style house at 113 E. College Street in Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia, built in 1896 from plans by George F. Barber of Knoxville, Tennessee, with a brick generator house and a c. 1930 garage.","why_significant":"The house is an intact example of Queen Anne architecture with Eastlake details, built from plans by the nationally known mail-order architect George F. Barber. It was also the home of Dr. James L. Lovvorn (1862-1926), a physician who led Bowdon's college board and founded its bank, oil mills and railway.","narrative":"Built in 1896 on the edge of downtown Bowdon, Georgia, this two-story Queen Anne house was constructed from mail-order plans by George F. Barber of Knoxville, Tennessee. It has irregular massing, a corner bay, projecting gables, a prominent front porch, latticework, spindles and stained glass. Inside, heart pine trim, mirrored mantels and original brass fixtures survive, and the mantels are largely attributed to local craftsman John Carden. A brick generator house built for the home's gas lighting system and a c. 1930 garage remain on the lot. The house was built for Dr. James L. Lovvorn, a physician who came to Bowdon as a college student. He later organized the Bank of Bowdon in 1905, owned the Bowdon Oil Mills, and headed the company that built the Bowdon Railway in 1909-1910. From 1919 until his death in 1926 he presided over the board of the local state college. Professors and visiting lecturers often stayed at the house, which also had modern conveniences unusual for the town at the time.","period_of_significance":"1896-1926","architect_builder":"Barber, George F., Architect; Lovvorn, Dr. James L. (owner-builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the 1930s roof and chimneys were replaced after a tornado and 1940s and 1977 changes were made to the kitchen area.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.807348-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88000595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000595/442e26d3e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000595/442e26d3e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._James_L._Lovvorn_House_(Bowdon,_GA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley</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:Dr._James_L._Lovvorn_House_(Bowdon,_GA).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09001056","name":"Bowdon Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/bowdon-historic-district-09001056/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207231","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._James_L._Lovvorn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/carroll-county/lovvorn-dr-james-l-house-88000595/"}