{"nrhp_refnum":"96001301","name":"Bond, John R. and Mary Bond, House","other_names":["Bond--Hill House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 59, approximately .5 mi. NE of jct. with GA 51","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carnesville","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.34737929800008,"lon":-83.30795167799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story weatherboard farmhouse with a hipped roof and wrap-around porch on Georgia State Route 59 near Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia. The original saddlebag house dates to the late 1880s, with a large front addition in 1912, and it sits on a small farm with outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a late-19th century Georgia farmhouse on the Old Federal Road, enlarged in 1912 with Victorian-era elements, and one of the more ornate residences along that road. The surviving outbuildings and 148-acre farm history also represent a typical small north Georgia cotton and subsistence farm.","narrative":"Near Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia, this farmhouse along the Old Federal Road began as a saddlebag house with an attached kitchen and pantry, built between 1885 and 1890 by John R. Bond and Mary Harber Bond. Mary received 83 acres from her father at their 1885 marriage, and John later bought two more tracts, bringing the farm to 148 acres. In 1912 the family added three front rooms under a hipped roof with cross gables, plus hipped dormers and a wrap-around porch. A wrought iron fence followed in 1913. Inside are three fireplaces with mantels featuring piers, mirrors and shelves. Behind the house stand a smokehouse, shed, outhouse and car shed, with a cotton shed across the road. The property was listed for its architecture, as one of the more ornate houses on the Old Federal Road, and for its agricultural role as a typical small north Georgia farm that grew cotton as a modest cash crop.","period_of_significance":"c. 1885-1946","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other/saddlebag (original building type before 1912 addition)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a current single dwelling; the farm received the Georgia Centennial Farm Award in 1995.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.565291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96001301.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206054","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305129"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/bond-john-r-and-mary-bond-house-96001301/"}