{"nrhp_refnum":"91000559","name":"Willcoxon-Arnold House","other_names":["Hillcrest Chapel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"One Bullsboro Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newnan","county":"Coweta County","state":"GA","lat":33.382110641000054,"lon":-84.79294000199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Greek Revival house on the east side of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, built about 1852 for John B. Willcoxon on a roughly seven-acre property that now includes outbuildings and houses a funeral home (Hillcrest Chapel).","why_significant":"It is a fine, late example of Greek Revival architecture, with two full-width Doric colonnades and brick construction that were unusual in the area. It is described as one of the finest antebellum houses in and around Newnan and the only remaining brick one. It is also tied to John B. Willcoxon, who owned it from 1852 to 1896 and ran a cotton yarn factory that aided Newnan's recovery after the Civil War.","narrative":"Built around 1852 on the east side of Newnan, this two-story brick house follows the Greek Revival style, with a central hall, a four-over-four plan, and full-width two-story porticos of fluted Doric columns on the front and rear. Brick construction was unusual in Coweta County at the time, and the house is considered one of the finest antebellum homes in the Newnan area and the only brick one remaining. It was long associated with John B. Willcoxon, a lawyer, Civil War cavalry officer and legislator, who owned it from 1852 until his death in 1896. In 1866-1867 he built a cotton yarn factory that became a major employer and helped the town recover after the war. Later the Arnold family lived here from 1913 until 1950. A funeral home opened in the house in 1953. The property keeps its second-floor rooms largely unchanged, along with a historic barn and smokehouse.","period_of_significance":"C. 1852-1896","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a funeral home (Hillcrest Chapel); converted from a residence in 1953, with first-floor changes made for a chapel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.226074-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/91000559.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000559/bea6921d72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000559/bea6921d72-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ramsey Eden","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willcoxon-Arnold_house_Front.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramsey Eden</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:Willcoxon-Arnold_house_Front.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207699","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134289354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/coweta-county/willcoxon-arnold-house-91000559/"}