{"nrhp_refnum":"91001852","name":"Haywood English Family Log House","other_names":["Big Holly Cabin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 115 W of jct. with Habersham Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkesville","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.607069317000025,"lon":-83.57380690899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-pen log house, probably built in the 1840s, on Georgia Highway 115 about three miles west of Clarkesville in rural Habersham County, Georgia. It is also known as Big Holly Cabin and now serves as a museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving example of a single-pen log house in the northeast Georgia mountains, a once common type linked to pioneer settlement. Its hand-hewn logs, full-dovetail corner notching, chinking and interior wooden battens illustrate early log construction. Few such houses survive in Georgia, so it is judged significant at the state level under Criterion C.","narrative":"This small log house stands in a wooded clearing off Georgia Highway 115, west of Clarkesville in Habersham County. Built probably in the 1840s, it is a single-pen dwelling of hand-hewn heart-pine logs with full-dovetail corner notching, chinking, a stone end chimney and a wood-shingle roof. Inside, the logs are exposed and the joints are covered with wooden battens. A two-room frame addition from around 1890 was removed during a 1986 restoration, and the house was shifted about 14 feet to protect it from a large holly tree, with its logs numbered and rebuilt. The house is tied to the English family, and Haywood English is the person traditionally credited with building it, though the records leave this uncertain. It was listed for architecture because single-pen log houses were once common but few authentic examples remain in Georgia, many having been enlarged or replaced. It is now used as a museum.","period_of_significance":"c.1840s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Single pen","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored in 1986: a c.1890 addition was removed and the house was moved about 14 feet. Current function is listed as museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.099705-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/91001852.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208540","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119411169"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/haywood-english-family-log-house-91001852/"}