{"nrhp_refnum":"90001126","name":"Patterson-Turner Homeplace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Smith--McGee Bridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartwell","county":"Hart County","state":"GA","lat":34.35422654750005,"lon":-82.90734585407878,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame plantation house built in 1835, with a c. 1905 barn, on an 11.9-acre tract just east of Hartwell in Hart County, Georgia. The builder is unknown, and the house was built for planter James Patterson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a near-perfect example of the Early Classical Revival style reflecting Jeffersonian ideals in Georgia. It keeps nearly all its original features, including the central-hall four-room plan, eight original mantels, bull's eye molding and a two-story fluted-column portico. It also shows the work of a skilled local carpenter-builder who adapted national trends to a local setting.","narrative":"Just east of Hartwell in Hart County, Georgia, this two-story frame house was built in 1835 for cotton planter James Patterson. It sits on an 11.9-acre remnant of a plantation that once covered over 1,000 acres. A two-story portico with four fluted columns shades the central entrance, and the interior follows a central hall with four rooms on each floor. Eight original mantels, original doors with brass hardware, and bull's eye window molding survive. The house is held up as an excellent local example of Early Classical Revival design, the work of an unknown but capable local builder. Patterson's niece and her husband, Dr. Joel L. Turner, the county's only physician, later inherited it, and their son, Methodist minister Jefferson Davis Turner, lived there as well. The Turner family kept the house until 1986. The kitchen was joined to the main house around 1885. A c. 1905 barn also contributes to the property.","period_of_significance":"1835; 1885","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with an agricultural outbuilding; the 1885 kitchen attachment and later changes such as vinyl siding (1986) and truncated chimneys are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.194493-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/90001126.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208649","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hart-county/patterson-turner-homeplace-90001126/"}