{"nrhp_refnum":"93000942","name":"Hardaway, James L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Mesena Rd. W of Thomson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomson","county":"McDuffie County","state":"GA","lat":33.448094463000075,"lon":-82.57783872899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival raised cottage plantation house with two historic outbuildings and an ornamental yard, on Old Mesena Road about four miles west of Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia. It was built around 1842 by George Washington Hardaway.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of a Greek Revival raised cottage, with a central-hall plan, a two-tier columned portico and original details. It also represents a 1,070-acre antebellum cotton plantation beside the Georgia Railroad. Its surviving ornamental yard is cited as a good example of a recognized antebellum Georgia landscape form.","narrative":"Built around 1842 on a rise beside the Georgia Railroad, this Greek Revival raised cottage sits on Old Mesena Road west of Thomson. It has a granite ground floor, a braced-frame upper floor, a central hall with four rooms on each level, and a two-tier columned front portico. Pedimented windows and doors, a double front door with sidelights, and grained woodwork survive. One parlor retains plaster painted to resemble marble blocks. The house served as the main house of a 1,070-acre antebellum plantation that produced cotton, wool and wheat, and James L. Hardaway lived there from 1849 until his death in 1895. A smokehouse and storage building remain, along with an ornamental front yard of planted trees and shrubs, a type of antebellum Georgia landscaping. The property was recognized for its architecture, its link to plantation agriculture and railroad-era change, and its landscape design. Rehabilitation was under way at the time.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1842-1943","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as undergoing rehabilitation; current function is a single dwelling. The surrounding fields are abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.665493-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/93000942.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000942/630c0c0e59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000942/630c0c0e59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Delbertalan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_L_Hardaway_House_built_in_1842.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Delbertalan</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:James_L_Hardaway_House_built_in_1842.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208906","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Hardaway_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/mcduffie-county/hardaway-james-l-house-93000942/"}