Craig, Robert, Plantation
Why it's listed
Located along Five Forks Trickum Road near Lawrenceville, this 23-acre property centers on a two-story frame house built in the early 1830s for Robert Craig and his wife Nancy Adair Craig. The house follows the Plantation Plain form: five bays wide, a central hall, two rooms on each side, a full-length front porch, brick end chimneys and a fieldstone foundation. Inside, heart-pine floors, wide pine boards and four modest classical mantels survive. A historic iron fence, a family cemetery with ten marked burials, and surrounding pasture and woodland complete the setting. Craig's farm grew cotton, corn and wheat and raised livestock, and tax records show it reached 2,140 acres and 86 enslaved people in 1861. Only the house and 23 acres remain. The former locations of barns, smokehouses and about 20 slave cabins give the site archaeological potential. It was recognized as a rare surviving antebellum farm in a fast-growing county, and for its architecture.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the property is one of the last intact antebellum plantation establishments in a rapidly developing county, significant in agriculture and architecture. The house is an excellent example of the Plantation Plain type, and the setting and known outbuilding and slave cabin sites add to its interpretation and archaeological potential.
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 90000805, listed June 8, 1990. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1504 Five Forks Trickum Rd., Lawrenceville |
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| County | Gwinnett County |
| Listed | June 8, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90000805 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1830s-1875 |
| Architectural style | Plantation Plain (Mid-19th century) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling; the house has had minimal changes such as updated heating, kitchen, bathrooms and a rear utility room, and the historic outbuildings are gone. |
| Acreage | 23 |
| Coordinates | 33.90091, -84.01637 (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 90000805.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q106999701
- This listing as JSON
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