Nevil, Dr. John C., House

This nine-acre farm complex on US 301 near Register, Georgia, centers on a two-story frame house that began in 1902 as a three-room dwelling for Dr. John C. Nevil. Around 1910 local builder Butler Barr added a larger front section, and the older house was moved and attached to the rear. The result has a wrap-around porch, a widow's walk, scalloped gable shingles, corbelled chimneys and a central hall with a lattice screen. A one-room doctor's office, which also served as a rural pharmacy, and a smokehouse survive as historic outbuildings, along with a pecan grove planted in the early 1930s. Nevil practiced medicine here for 53 years, serving roughly sixteen square miles between Register and Claxton, first by horse and buggy, while also farming. The property was recognized for its architecture and for its link to rural medical practice in the early twentieth century South. The house remains a family residence.