Story-Hadley House
Why it's listed
Set on a small hill at the end of a long gravel drive in rural Harris County, Georgia, this one-story Greek Revival cottage was built around 1840 by planter James Story as his home and the headquarters of a cotton plantation worked by enslaved labor. Modest in size, it follows a Georgian cottage plan with four identical rooms off a central hall and matching porticos facing the four compass points. Original heart-pine floors, shutters, doors, mantels and hand-hewn braced framing survive. A kitchen and cook's house from the same period and a c.1920 barn remain, along with the graves of James and Lany Story. In 1906 the Hadley family bought the house, and it stayed with them until 1977, with cotton grown until the boll weevil destroyed the crop in the 1920s. It was listed for its architecture, as a good and intact example of its type and style.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is a good, largely intact example of a Greek Revival Georgian cottage built as the main house of an antebellum cotton plantation. Its rigorous symmetry, precise north-south orientation, and four identical porticos made it unusual for the area. Two original outbuildings, the kitchen and cook's house, survive as remnants of a larger group of support buildings.
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 02001217, listed October 22, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2626 Hadley Rd., Pine Mountain |
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| County | Harris County |
| Listed | October 22, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02001217 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c.1840-1952 |
| Architect / builder | James Story |
| Architectural style | Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Other/Single Pen; Other/Georgian Cottage |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current function is single-family dwelling; it was renovated in 1978 with two rear side additions, and the owners have since done little to alter it. |
| Acreage | 80 |
| Coordinates | 32.82703, -84.96752 (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 02001217.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q134365026
- This listing as JSON
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