Mauldin House
Also known as: Little Pink Cottage
Why it's listed
Built between 1880 and 1890 on the Old Tallulah Falls Road, this one-story wood-framed cottage at 102 East Water Street began as a three-room L-shaped house with two shed porches, a tin roof and a central chimney. Two rooms were added around 1900 to 1904, and a rear porch and bath followed in 1925. The Mauldin family has owned it since the late 1800s, and it passed to O.M. Mauldin in 1901. His wife ran a millinery shop beside the house, later moved to the rear of the lot. The property once covered an entire city block with a barn, pasture and garden, and about a third was sold to the city in the early 1970s for a city hall and fire station. It was listed for architecture, commerce and agriculture: the house is a rare surviving Victorian cottage, the millinery shop is Clarkesville's only extant 19th-century wood-framed commercial building, and the remaining grounds reflect an in-town subsistence farmstead.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls the house a good example of the once-common but now rare Victorian cottage in Clarkesville. The millinery shop is described as the only extant 19th-century wood-framed commercial building in town and the oldest business in Clarkesville still associated with its original building. The property is also cited as an example of a late 19th-century in-town farmstead.
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 82002438, listed August 18, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 102 E. Water St., Clarkesville |
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| County | Habersham County |
| Listed | August 18, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82002438 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Plain style (Victorian cottage) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Commerce, Architecture, Agriculture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current use is residence; condition of the house and millinery shop is described as fair, and the rear yard is densely overgrown. |
| Acreage | 1.1 |
| Coordinates | 34.61557, -83.52516 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 82002438.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q17020682
- This listing as JSON
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