{"nrhp_refnum":"98000030","name":"Benham Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"222 Grassdale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cartersville","county":"Bartow County","state":"GA","lat":34.20264103550005,"lon":-84.82169767397617,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Benham Place is a brick, one-and-one-half story Georgian cottage with Gothic Revival elements on a 61-acre rural site at 222 Grassdale Road near Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia. It was built ca. 1865-1867 by Willis Benham, who rebuilt a house burned during the Civil War.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, intact example of a brick Georgian cottage with Gothic Revival details, the only one identified in Georgia. It also represents farm diversification after the Civil War and is an example of \"New South\" landscaping.","narrative":"Benham Place is a brick house on a low hill just outside Cartersville, Georgia, set on 61 acres. Willis Benham rebuilt it about 1865 to 1867 after the Civil War, reusing the foundation and much of the walls of an earlier burned two-story house. The result is a one-and-one-half story Georgian cottage with a central hall, raised basement, steep gables, octagonal porch columns and Gothic Revival window crowns. The nomination states it is the only intact brick Georgian cottage with Gothic Revival details identified in Georgia. The property also documents a working farm from about 1845 to 1960. Census records show crop and livestock diversification after the war, and later owners grew cotton and corn with sharecropping families. A 1840s log smokehouse, a 1920s summerhouse and the Benham family cemetery survive. The informal \"New South\" landscape includes a semi-circular drive, stone entrance pillars, orchards and boxwoods from the early 1920s. The listing recognizes architecture, agriculture and landscape architecture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1845 to 1947","architect_builder":"Willis Benham","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the family cemetery is described as well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.121706-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/98000030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000030/6449a24a41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000030/6449a24a41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benham_Place_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Benham_Place_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206939","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134085353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bartow-county/benham-place-98000030/"}