{"nrhp_refnum":"97000841","name":"Rountree, John, Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of US 80 and GA 192","address_restricted":false,"city":"Twin City","county":"Emanuel County","state":"GA","lat":32.584666021500055,"lon":-82.16444159006065,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, double-pen saddlebag log house with a rear shed addition, built about 1830 on a 10-acre wooded lot in Twin City, Emanuel County, Georgia, by John Rountree.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an outstanding early 19th-century example of a log saddlebag dwelling, a type with few surviving examples from the 1830s-1840s. Its diamond-notched log joints are unusual in Georgia, with fewer than ten known survivors. It is also among the oldest surviving buildings in Emanuel County and reflects first or second generation settlement.","narrative":"Set on a level, wooded 10-acre lot within the Twin City limits of Emanuel County, Georgia, this one-story log house was built about 1830 by John Rountree, a member of one of the county's pioneer families. It is a double-pen saddlebag, with two rooms flanking a central brick chimney, a front vestibule, a full-width porch with chamfered posts, and a rear shed addition added by about 1845-1850. The logs are joined with diamond notching, a method that survives in fewer than ten known Georgia examples. Few saddlebag houses remain from the 1830s-1840s, and this one is among the oldest buildings in Emanuel County, a rural area where most residents farmed small subsistence holdings before 1860. The house stayed in the same family, sometimes leased to tenants, until the owners transferred it and the land to the City of Twin City in 1995. A state grant supported a preservation plan. It is currently vacant, and the rear wall is in poor condition.","period_of_significance":"c.1830-1858","architect_builder":"Not known (built by John Rountree, according to the narrative)","architectural_style":"Other: saddlebag log house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant/not in use; the rear wall framing and siding are in poor condition, and the property was transferred to the City of Twin City in 1995 for preservation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.834949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97000841.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000841/c3ceea931e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000841/c3ceea931e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rountree_Log_House,_Twin_City,_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:John_Rountree_Log_House,_Twin_City,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rountree_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622175"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/emanuel-county/rountree-john-log-house-97000841/"}