{"nrhp_refnum":"89001105","name":"Nevil, Dr. John C., House","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 301 S of Register","address_restricted":false,"city":"Register","county":"Bulloch County","state":"GA","lat":32.28563157900004,"lon":-81.87701914799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural farm complex of about nine acres on US 301 near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia, with a two-story Victorian-eclectic frame house begun in 1902 and enlarged around 1910, a doctor's office, a smokehouse and a pecan grove.","why_significant":"The property is significant in architecture as a good example of Victorian-eclectic design built in the early 20th century by local builder Butler Barr, with its original interior details largely intact. It is also significant in medicine as the home and office of a country doctor who served a rural area for 53 years.","narrative":"This nine-acre farm complex on US 301 near Register, Georgia, centers on a two-story frame house that began in 1902 as a three-room dwelling for Dr. John C. Nevil. Around 1910 local builder Butler Barr added a larger front section, and the older house was moved and attached to the rear. The result has a wrap-around porch, a widow's walk, scalloped gable shingles, corbelled chimneys and a central hall with a lattice screen. A one-room doctor's office, which also served as a rural pharmacy, and a smokehouse survive as historic outbuildings, along with a pecan grove planted in the early 1930s. Nevil practiced medicine here for 53 years, serving roughly sixteen square miles between Register and Claxton, first by horse and buggy, while also farming. The property was recognized for its architecture and for its link to rural medical practice in the early twentieth century South. The house remains a family residence.","period_of_significance":"1902-1931","architect_builder":"Butler Barr","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Victorian-eclectic)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the nine acres remain with the Nevil family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.526513-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89001105.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001105/d4a8e232f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001105/d4a8e232f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_John_Nevil_house,_Bulloch_County,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</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_John_Nevil_house,_Bulloch_County,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207157","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141715439"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bulloch-county/nevil-dr-john-c-house-89001105/"}