{"nrhp_refnum":"93000935","name":"Woodlawn Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Salem Church and Woodlawn--Amity Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.69957422400006,"lon":-82.45049323319856,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural crossroads community of 385 acres in the southwest part of Lincoln County, Georgia, near Lincolnton, centered on Salem Church Road and Woodlawn-Amity Road. It includes 16 contributing and 7 noncontributing buildings, mostly from around the turn of the 20th century.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture, community planning and development, commerce, and education. It is a good example of a Georgia crossroads community with a store, a school and vernacular houses. It is also tied to the settlement and growth of rural Georgia and Lincoln County.","narrative":"Woodlawn is a rural crossroads community in southwest Lincoln County, Georgia, where Salem Church Road meets Woodlawn-Amity Road. The district covers 385 acres of farmland and woods and holds 16 historic buildings, along with 7 that are newer or heavily altered. Its core is a gabled-front general merchandise store built about 1907, which served residents and the surrounding area for more than 75 years, and the surviving half of an 1890s two-room board-and-batten school. Nearby are wood-framed houses of Georgian cottage, gabled-ell and saltbox types, built by their owners or local craftsmen, along with wellhouses, sheds, smokehouses and garages. The area was first settled in 1875 by Thomas M. Bentley, Sr., and its period of significance runs to 1942. It was recognized for its role in rural Georgia settlement and for preserving a typical crossroads plan, with a store, a school and simple vernacular houses along the roads.","period_of_significance":"1875-1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions are single dwellings and agricultural fields. Most buildings have been altered somewhat but keep their original forms, metal roofs, window and door arrangements, chimneys and front porches.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.458592-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/93000935.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206330","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141774258"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/woodlawn-historic-district-93000935/"}