{"nrhp_refnum":"93000934","name":"Double Branches Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Double Branches Rd. SE of jct. with main GA 220","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.746096860500046,"lon":-82.3218880742169,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural linear community of historic houses, agricultural outbuildings, two stores and Black community institutions along Double Branches Road in the southeastern corner of Lincoln County, Georgia, near Lincolnton. It contains 14 contributing and 8 noncontributing buildings.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its range of vernacular house types and styles, for two rural crossroads stores, and for its linear pattern of development along a main county road over about two centuries. It also holds the C.M.E. Mulberry Church and cemetery, Mulberry School and Masonic Lodge, which are rare, closely grouped landmarks of the county's Black history.","narrative":"Double Branches is a rural community in southeastern Lincoln County, Georgia, strung along Double Branches Road across rolling farmland and woodland. The district holds historic houses, farm outbuildings, two stores, and a group of Black community institutions: the C.M.E. Mulberry Church and cemetery, the Mulberry School and a Masonic Lodge. Its houses range from simple saddlebag and gabled-ell types to the early 19th-century Freeman-Bussey House, a Plantation Plain building, and the 1907 John M. Price House, which combines Neoclassical Revival and Folk Victorian details. The Price Store, built in 1897, still serves the community. The settlement was one of the oldest in the county, with a post office dating to 1827 and the first rural telephone line in Lincoln County, built in 1900. Its listing rests on its role as an early linear community, its range of vernacular architecture, its commercial buildings and its rare surviving Black landmarks. The boll weevil and the creation of Clarks Hill Lake later contributed to the community's decline.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840-1942 (revised by the Keeper from the 1784-1942 stated in the form)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (other: vernacular); includes Plantation Plain, saddlebag, gabled-ell, Folk Victorian and Neoclassical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Price Store is still in operation; current uses include single dwellings, business, meeting hall and church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.887355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/93000934.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206322","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141774244"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/double-branches-historic-district-93000934/"}