{"nrhp_refnum":"92000366","name":"Hampton, Cora Beck, Schoolhouse and House","other_names":["Holleyman School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"213 Hillyer Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.77387928600007,"lon":-84.28998508499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame one-and-one-half-story cottage with a rear addition and an attached one-room, gable-roofed schoolhouse at 213 Hillyer Place in downtown Decatur, Georgia, built in the late 19th century (the schoolhouse about 1892).","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a very rare surviving pairing of a one-room school and the teacher's house on one lot. It is the only remaining schoolhouse in Decatur from before the city created a public school system in 1902. The schoolhouse embodies the plain, functional one-room school type, and the house is a typical vernacular in-town cottage of the era.","narrative":"Located a few blocks west of downtown Decatur, Georgia, this property combines a one-and-one-half-story frame cottage with an attached one-room schoolhouse. Cora Beck Hampton, a widow, bought the lot in 1885 and taught roughly 25 to 30 white boys and girls here from about 1892 until 1902, when Decatur opened its public school system. The schoolhouse is a plain clapboard room of about 25 by 15 feet with a 12-foot ceiling, seven double-hung windows, a coal-burning fireplace and heart pine woodwork. It sits on brick pillars. The cottage is a typical late 19th century in-town house with simple, unadorned design. The nomination values the pair as a rare Georgia survivor: a one-room school still on its original site, restored, and set in an urban area. It is also the only remaining Decatur schoolhouse from the era of private schools, which were usually named for their teachers. Both buildings are counted as contributing.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1892-1902","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house is in use as a residence and has been restored; the schoolhouse was restored to its original historic character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.424507-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/92000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000366/60ee4c8742-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000366/60ee4c8742-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kristen McGary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cora_Beck_Hampton_House;_side_that_faces_Commerce.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen McGary</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:Cora_Beck_Hampton_House;_side_that_faces_Commerce.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207781","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134296363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/hampton-cora-beck-schoolhouse-and-house-92000366/"}