{"nrhp_refnum":"92001399","name":"Jarrell, H. Frank, House","other_names":["The Christian Science Society"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"LaGrange","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":33.045584647000055,"lon":-85.01873341799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-framed Greek Revival house at 605 Hill Street in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, built around 1849 and traditionally attributed to owner/builder Sylvanus Bates.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent, almost perfect example of a one-story Greek Revival cottage, meeting Criterion C. It has a symmetrical facade, recessed portico with columns and pilasters, a central hall plan, and hand-hewn timber framing with hand-split lath. Significance is claimed for architecture only, not for the prominent residents who lived there.","narrative":"Built around 1849 at 605 Hill Street in LaGrange, this one-story wood-frame house is a well-preserved example of Greek Revival design in western Georgia. It sits on tall brick piers and has a recessed front portico with four paneled columns, symmetrically placed multi-paned windows, and a central entrance. Inside, a wide central hall is flanked by three rooms on each side, each with its own fireplace, plaster walls, and hand-shaped trim. Hand-hewn beams, pegs, and hand-split lath show the construction methods of the period. A room-dividing screen with Ionic columns and a pier mirror was added around 1885. Sylvanus Bates, a local schoolmaster, is considered the builder. Later owners included planters, merchants, and the Jarrell family, and the house served as a Christian Science church from 1958 until 1989. It was then rehabilitated as a gift shop. Its listing rests on its architecture rather than on its residents.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1849","architect_builder":"unknown (Sylvanus Bates is considered the owner/builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated after 1989 for use as a gift shop; the current function is listed as commerce/specialty store. Original outbuildings are gone and a new garden pavilion was built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.544109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/92001399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001399/b91f3da0a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001399/b91f3da0a8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H._Frank_Jarrell_House;_LaGrange,_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</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:H._Frank_Jarrell_House;_LaGrange,_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209731","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134465260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/jarrell-h-frank-house-92001399/"}