Andalusia
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Why it's listed
Andalusia is a 547-acre farm about four miles north of Milledgeville, Georgia. Its rolling land holds several small ponds and a group of farm buildings along a main drive. The main house is a two-over-two Plantation Plain dwelling with later additions, including a screened front porch, a rear shed addition and a two-room eastern extension. Nearby are a second Plantation Plain house, three tenant houses, barns, implement sheds, a milk-processing building, a water tower and a shed with cages for peafowl. Writer Flannery O'Connor moved here with her mother in 1951 and lived on the farm for thirteen years until her death in 1964. Illness largely kept her at home, where she wrote each morning and tended her peafowl. She revised Wise Blood and wrote The Violent Bear It Away and two story collections here. The farm's landscape shaped her fiction, and her story "The Displaced Person" was filmed there in 1976. Its significance rests on her place in American literature.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is nationally significant as the home of novelist and short-story writer Flannery O'Connor (1924-1964) during most of her productive career. She lived and wrote there from 1951 until her death in 1964. The farm's landscape and peafowl appear in her fiction, and it is cited in guides to literary landmarks.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 80000968, listed February 8, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | NW of Milledgeville on U.S. 441, Milledgeville |
|---|---|
| County | Baldwin County |
| Listed | February 8, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80000968 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1951-1964 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Plantation Plain |
| Areas of significance | Literature |
| Level of significance | National |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The main house is in good condition and used as a private residence. The second house is unoccupied and deteriorated, and the three tenant houses are unoccupied. The land is no longer in agricultural production. |
| Acreage | 547 |
| Coordinates | 33.12555, -83.26855 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 80000968.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q4753517
- This listing as JSON
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