{"nrhp_refnum":"98000973","name":"Fort Hollingsworth-White House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wynn Lake Rd., 2 mi. SE of Hollingsworth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hollingsworth","county":"Banks County","state":"GA","lat":34.426572332000035,"lon":-83.53371414499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story log dogtrot dwelling on a one-acre rural property on Wynn Lake Road near Hollingsworth, Banks County, Georgia. It began in 1793 as a fortified log dwelling, Fort Hollingsworth, built by Jacob Hollingsworth.","why_significant":"It is significant for exploration/settlement as a rare surviving fortified station/dwelling from the earliest permanent white settlement in North Georgia, built under Colonel Wafford on the Cherokee territory boundary. It is also significant in architecture as an outstanding example of a log house that grew from a single-pen building into a dogtrot between 1862 and 1866. It retains a high level of historic integrity despite 1950s porch enclosures.","narrative":"Built in 1793 by Jacob Hollingsworth, this log building near Hollingsworth in Banks County, Georgia, began as a fort: an extra-strong one-room dwelling with small casement windows, half-dovetail log notching and a massive stone chimney. It stood on the southern edge of Cherokee territory as part of a line of defensive stations organized by Colonel Wafford, and it is a rare surviving example of a fortified station and dwelling. Between 1862 and 1866 Joshua White added a second log pen and a connecting dogtrot, covered the whole building in weatherboard, and built a barn and a shed that remain on the one-acre property. Fort Hollingsworth is among the oldest recorded log houses in Georgia, and dogtrots make up less than one percent of the buildings in the state survey. The porches and dogtrot were enclosed in the 1950s, yet the house keeps much of its original design, craftsmanship and materials. It remains a dwelling.","period_of_significance":"1793-1903","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Jacob Hollingsworth in 1793; additions by Joshua White, 1862-1866)","architectural_style":"Other: dogtrot","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the porches and dogtrot were enclosed in the 1950s and plumbing was added in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.954363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/98000973.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000973/df411fd6a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000973/df411fd6a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Hollingsworth_-_White_House,_c._1793,_photographer_facing_SW_(2).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:Fort_Hollingsworth_-_White_House,_c._1793,_photographer_facing_SW_(2).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hollingsworth%E2%80%93White_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/banks-county/fort-hollingsworth-white-house-98000973/"}