{"nrhp_refnum":"89002015","name":"Box Hall Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Lower Cairo Rd. at Pinetree Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.829770424500055,"lon":-84.01545456353796,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 135-acre plantation district on the southwestern edge of Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, centered on a two-story brick Georgian Revival house built in 1930-1931 with a guest house, outbuildings, gardens and a pond.","why_significant":"The house and guest house were designed by the New York firm Delano and Aldrich, who also planned the formal landscaping, and the house is presented as a fine example of Georgian Revival style. It also illustrates the role of wealthy Northern winter residents who bought and redeveloped antebellum plantation tracts around Thomasville as seasonal estates.","narrative":"Box Hall Plantation is a 135-acre estate on the southwestern outskirts of Thomasville, Georgia, built around a two-story brick Georgian Revival house completed in 1930-1931. The grounds hold a guest house, garage, barn, tank house, pond house, two servants' houses, a swimming pool with pool house, and formal gardens with a reflecting pool and fountain. The land was part of an antebellum plantation whose first big house, built in 1857, burned around 1929. Alvah K. Lawrie, a retired Aluminum Company of America executive from New York, then built the present house as a winter home. The New York firm Delano and Aldrich designed the house, guest house and landscape plan, using brick, symmetrical massing, a detailed entrance and paneled interiors. The property was listed for its architecture and for what it shows about Northern investors who turned old plantation tracts into seasonal estates around Thomasville. The period of significance runs from 1930 to Lawrie's death in 1936.","period_of_significance":"1930-1936","architect_builder":"Delano and Aldrich of New York City","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the form notes only minor changes in keeping with the style, such as an enclosed dining porch and a second-floor \"shooting wing\".","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.857992-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89002015.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209615","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Hall_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621906"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/box-hall-plantation-89002015/"}