{"nrhp_refnum":"91001158","name":"Beutell, Joe M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Montrose Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.848339450000026,"lon":-83.97115523199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story Tudor Revival brick house at 101 Montrose Drive in the Glenwood Subdivision of Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, built in 1930 for contractor Joe M. Beutell and designed by his brother Russell L. Beutell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good example of Tudor Revival (English Vernacular Revival) architecture, using brick, sandstone, half-timbering and stucco. It is described as the only Tudor Revival house of its size in Thomasville. It was also built during the Depression by a local man rather than a northern seasonal visitor, and later housed Georgia Chief Justice Reason C. Bell and his family.","narrative":"Built in 1930 at 101 Montrose Drive, this two and one-half story house sits in Glenwood, Thomasville's first park-like garden suburb. Its brick walls are combined with sandstone, stained half-timbering, stucco and a steep slate roof, giving it the look of English Tudor architecture. Details include a stained-glass coat of arms above the entrance, steel casement windows and colored bathroom fixtures that were unusual for Thomasville at the time. Joe M. Beutell, a regional contractor who came from Atlanta in 1928, built the house, and his brother Russell, of the Atlanta firm Daniell and Beutell, designed it. The house is considered the only Tudor Revival home of its size in the city and was built during the Depression by a local man, in a town where most large houses were put up by northern vacationers. Justice Reason C. Bell bought it in 1940, and his son, novelist Vereen Bell, wrote in its third-floor game room. The house remained in the Bell family until 1972.","period_of_significance":"1930","architect_builder":"Beutell, Russell L. (1891-1943)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival (English Vernacular Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; exterior essentially unchanged from original construction, with modest interior updates in 1968 and 1986.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.620416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/91001158.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001158/1d5af1b3dc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001158/1d5af1b3dc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_M._Beutell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</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:Joe_M._Beutell_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000826","name":"Glenwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/glenwood-historic-district-10000826/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209607","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_M._Beutell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29093995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/beutell-joe-m-house-91001158/"}