{"nrhp_refnum":"95000826","name":"Donehoo-Brannen House","other_names":["Donehoo--Brannen--Nesmith House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"332 Savannah Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesboro","county":"Bulloch County","state":"GA","lat":32.44305840100003,"lon":-81.77109603899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story red brick Neoclassical Revival house at 332 Savannah Avenue in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, completed in 1917 on the site of an earlier Foy residence that burned in 1915.","why_significant":"The house is an excellent, largely intact example of Neoclassical Revival architecture designed by Georgia architect Edward C. Hosford. It is also tied to Statesboro's commercial history through original owner Dr. James E. Donehoo, and to New Deal government history because it served as a National Youth Administration training school in 1940. Later owner Irvin A. Brannen, a farmer, businessman and former legislator, kept it a center of social and civic life.","narrative":"Built in 1917 at 332 Savannah Avenue in Statesboro, this red brick Neoclassical Revival house rises two and a half stories above a partial basement. A two-story semi-circular portico with fluted Corinthian and Doric columns marks the front, and the roof is Pennsylvania slate with oval dormers. Inside are tiger oak floors, pocket doors, a curved staircase, prism glass windows and a built-in oak refrigerator. Architect Edward C. Hosford, known for courthouse designs in Georgia and Florida, planned it, and J. B. Sargent built it. The house was the home of Dr. James E. Donehoo, a physician and businessman involved in an oil mill, a railroad charter and a grocery. After the family lost it to a tax sale in 1932, it served as a boarding house, apartments and, in 1940, a National Youth Administration training school. Irvin A. Brannen bought it in 1942. Most original materials survive, and it was restored in the late 1980s and early 1990s.","period_of_significance":"1917-1945","architect_builder":"Edward C. Hosford & Co., Eastman, GA, architect; J. B. Sargent, Statesboro, builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th Century/Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; restored in the late 1980s to early 1990s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.974222-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/95000826.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000826/972b7b0b69-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000826/972b7b0b69-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donehoo-Brannen_House,_Statesboro,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donehoo-Brannen_House,_Statesboro,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96001339","name":"Savannah Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/savannah-avenue-historic-district-96001339/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207151","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donehoo-Brannen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5295644"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bulloch-county/donehoo-brannen-house-95000826/"}