{"nrhp_refnum":"92001571","name":"Shingler Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"N. Main St. (US 41) between Murray and Hill Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashburn","county":"Turner County","state":"GA","lat":31.711129990000074,"lon":-83.65661760154654,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear residential historic district of about five blocks along North Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 41) in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia, north of the commercial core. It has 15 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites, built 1895-1937, mostly designed by Peter E. Dennis.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its upper-class housing and church architecture, much of it by Macon architect Peter E. Dennis. It is also significant for its linear planning pattern and informal \"New South\" landscaping, including pecan groves and a pond. It is further tied to James Simon Shingler and John Samuel Betts, prominent Ashburn leaders in agriculture, industry and politics.","narrative":"Shingler Heights is a small, linear neighborhood of large houses and one church along North Main Street in Ashburn, Georgia, just north of the old commercial core. Development began in 1895, when sawmill and naval stores businessman James Simon Shingler built his Queen Anne house, \"Sparrow's Nest,\" and continued to 1937. Sawmill owner and first mayor John Samuel Betts built nearby in 1897. Most buildings were designed by Macon architect Peter E. Dennis and range from Queen Anne and Folk Victorian to Neoclassical Revival, Craftsman and English Vernacular Revival. The Colonial Revival First Methodist Church, completed in 1917, sits on a man-made hill so it could be seen across town. Large lawns, mature trees, a pond and three pecan groves reflect \"New South\" landscaping, and one grove served as a city park from about 1900 to 1930. The district was listed for its architecture, community planning, landscape design and its links to two leading local figures.","period_of_significance":"1895-1937","architect_builder":"Dennis, Peter E. (Dennis and Dennis, Macon)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Folk Victorian","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Current functions are still single dwelling and religious facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.342028-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/92001571.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001571/0aea69f308-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001571/0aea69f308-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N_Main_St_House_(US41),_Ashburn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:N_Main_St_House_(US41),_Ashburn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209779","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141812251"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/turner-county/shingler-heights-historic-district-92001571/"}