{"nrhp_refnum":"97000249","name":"Harris, Corra White, House, Study, and Chapel","other_names":["In the Valley"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"659 Mt. Pleasant Rd., NE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rydal","county":"Bartow County","state":"GA","lat":34.37124567800004,"lon":-84.75829750770112,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-07-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural hilltop complex near Rydal in northeast Bartow County, Georgia, made up of a mid-19th-century log house, a c.1915 log study, a 1935 stone chapel, a barn and an outbuilding. The writer Corra White Harris bought the property in 1913 and called it \"In the Valley.\"","why_significant":"The complex is nationally significant in literature because of its direct association with Corra White Harris (1869-1935), a nationally known writer of the early 20th century. She wrote most of her work in the study here. The form calls it the only remaining place directly associated with her professional writing career.","narrative":"On a hilltop near Rydal in Bartow County, Georgia, a group of log and stone buildings preserves the retreat of novelist Corra White Harris. She bought about 200 acres in 1913, including a log house said to date from around 1830, and named the place \"In the Valley.\" She added log wings to the house and built a log study around 1915, where most of her writing was done. A stone chapel built from native stone in 1935 by three of her nephews as a memorial holds her grave. A barn and a log outbuilding complete the grouping. Harris wrote fourteen novels, including A Circuit Rider's Wife, along with articles and book reviews, and she received a 1932 award for contributions to southern writing. The property was listed for its association with her, and its period of significance runs from her purchase in 1913 to her death in 1935.","period_of_significance":"1913 to 1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: log cabin; other: stone single-pen","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"The chapel and study are owned and maintained by the Bartow History Center, a local non-profit, and the museum use is listed. The house is privately owned and was not accessible for interior description.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.058823-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97000249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000249/dd6ab23b2d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000249/dd6ab23b2d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Eyed_Cabin_-_Mrs._Harris%27s_Valley_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Eyed_Cabin_-_Mrs._Harris%27s_Valley_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206950","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corra_White_Harris_House,_Study,_and_Chapel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5172697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bartow-county/harris-corra-white-house-study-and-chapel-97000249/"}