{"nrhp_refnum":"93000236","name":"Pearson-Boyer Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Pearson Chapel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sparta","county":"Hancock County","state":"GA","lat":33.18338515350004,"lon":-83.01953899874593,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural plantation district near Sparta in Hancock County, Georgia, centered on a one-story main house built 1854-1855 for Stephen and Iwanona Pearson, with outbuildings, sites of former outbuildings and farmland.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house has an unusual, possibly unique U-shaped front formed by two detached wing rooms, and is a good example of the 'plantation plain cottage' type with fine plasterwork and marbling. It is also significant in agriculture as a representative cotton and corn farm from the 19th and early 20th centuries, worked first by enslaved labor and later by tenant farmers.","narrative":"Pearson-Boyer Plantation is a rural farm complex near Sparta in Hancock County, Georgia. Its main house was begun in 1854 and finished the next year for Stephen Pearson Jr. and his wife Iwanona, using enslaved labor and timber from the family's own sawmill. The one-story, central-hall house is flanked by two detached wing rooms joined by a U-shaped front porch, a layout described as unusual in Georgia. Inside, the parlor has a plaster ceiling medallion and marbled baseboards, and many original planks, pegged beams and porcelain doorknobs survive. Surviving barns, a store, a carriage house and a privy, along with sites of other outbuildings, show how a self-sufficient cotton and corn farm operated. James Madison Boyer bought the land in 1894 to keep the Pearsons in their home, and farming continued until 1937. Archaeological remains of an earlier mill and dam also lie on the property. The district was listed for its architecture and its agricultural history.","period_of_significance":"1854-1855 through 1937","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER: Plantation Plain Cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling and for agricultural storage and animal facilities; some outbuildings need repair, and the main house was restored beginning in 1979.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.848153-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/93000236.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208607","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107001683"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hancock-county/pearson-boyer-plantation-93000236/"}