{"nrhp_refnum":"89002032","name":"Crescent Farm","other_names":["Edgewater Hall","A.L. Coggins House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 5, SE of GA 140","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Cherokee County","state":"GA","lat":34.23691559700006,"lon":-84.49850889799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Crescent Farm in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, is a two-building property: a red brick Colonial Revival house called Edgewater Hall (built 1922) and a rock barn (built 1906), on a hill across the Etowah River from Canton.","why_significant":"The house is a fine example of Colonial Revival design by Atlanta architect Francis P. Smith, with marble detailing. The rock barn is described as the only known rock barn remaining in Georgia and an early fire-resistant farm building. The farm, run by A.L. Coggins, was a large horse and mule breeding operation known for harness racing horses.","narrative":"Crescent Farm is a surviving pair of buildings from a once-large horse and mule farm outside Canton, Georgia. The two-story red brick house, called Edgewater Hall, was completed in 1922 for A.L. Coggins and designed by Atlanta architect Francis P. Smith. It has a central hall plan, marble keystones and sills, French doors, a walnut staircase and eight classical mantels. Nearby stands a rock barn built in 1906 as a stable for race horses. Made of stone dug from the Etowah River, with brick and latticed timber gables, it is described as the only known rock barn left in Georgia and an early example of fire-resistant construction. Coggins ran a 350-acre farm that bred championship harness horses and supplied mules, and it was the largest farm of its type in Cherokee County. He lost the property in 1928 after a series of financial setbacks. The house now serves as a bank, and the barn is being converted to a museum.","period_of_significance":"1906-1928","architect_builder":"Francis P. Smith","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house was rehabilitated in 1986-87 and converted to a bank's offices, with additions on the north and west sides. The rock barn is being rehabilitated as a local museum and meeting space by the county historical society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.76862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89002032.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002032/2934a23caa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002032/2934a23caa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MrGeode13","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Farm_Stone_Barn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MrGeode13</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:Crescent_Farm_Stone_Barn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105759703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cherokee-county/crescent-farm-89002032/"}