{"nrhp_refnum":"99000803","name":"Duke, Welcome P., Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"312 Duke Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Harris County","state":"GA","lat":32.75346223400004,"lon":-84.84806485299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-pen log house built about 1830 in a rural area roughly one and a half miles east of Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia, on what was then the state's frontier. It remains on its original site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C for architecture as an intact, rare example of a single-pen log house with hand-hewn logs, half-dovetail notching and a stone fireplace. Of 417 log buildings in the Georgia survey database, only 157 are single-pen dwellings. It keeps its original one-room plan, historic materials and location.","narrative":"Built around 1830 on the Georgia frontier, this small log house sits in a clearing surrounded by young forest east of Hamilton in Harris County. It has a single room, hand-hewn logs joined with half-dovetail notching, a raised-seam metal gable roof, a stacked-stone end chimney and a stone pier foundation. Doors on the north and south sides line up and run straight through the building. Welcome Parks Duke bought the property in 1865 for use as a farm, and his family lived in the log house until they built a larger house nearby, after which the log building served as a kitchen. Duke family members owned it until 1994. Log buildings were once common in Georgia but are now rare; many have been demolished, moved, left to ruin or enclosed within larger buildings. This house keeps its original plan, materials and location, which is the basis for its listing for architecture. A federal amendment removed Duke as builder, because he acquired the land after construction.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER/vernacular: single pen","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; no outbuildings survive and the second Duke family house burned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.51529-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/99000803.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208627","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/harris-county/duke-welcome-p-log-house-99000803/"}