Oak Grove Plantation
Also known as: Arnold, James, House
Why it's listed
Oak Grove Plantation is a rural farm complex near Newnan in Coweta County, Georgia, built around a two-story wood-frame house from about 1842 to 1847. The house follows the Georgian plan, two rooms deep with a central hall, and shows Greek Revival touches such as modillions, fluted door surrounds with corner blocks, and classically inspired mantels. Inside, original plaster walls, wainscoting, grained doors and wide-board floors survive. The grounds hold two tenant house complexes from about 1920, four barns, two well houses, a terraced field and the Arnold family cemetery, whose graves date from 1848 to 1884. The Arnold family owned the land from 1842 until 1980. The estate grew cotton before the Civil War, with 37 enslaved people recorded in 1850, and later grew corn with tenant farmers. The property was listed for its architecture and for the agricultural buildings and landscape that remain from its farming history.
Significance in brief: The main house is argued to be an excellent example of a Georgian house type with vernacular Greek Revival elements, and it retains many original interior features. The surviving tenant houses, barns and terraced field document cotton and later corn farming, including tenant and sharecropper use, in the early to mid-20th century. The number of surviving agricultural buildings is described as relatively high for a Georgia farm.
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 01000535, listed May 25, 2001. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 4537 N US 29, Newnan |
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| County | Coweta County |
| Listed | May 25, 2001 |
| Reference number | 01000535 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | c.1842 - 1951 |
| Architectural style | Georgian house type with vernacular Greek Revival elements (classified as OTHER: Georgian House) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Agriculture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The main house and cemetery are still in current use; the house serves as a single dwelling. Farming ceased in the 1970s, and the tenant houses were used until the 1960s. |
| Acreage | 20 |
| Coordinates | 33.45898, -84.69040 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 01000535.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q107001597
- This listing as JSON
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