McMullan-Vickery Farm
Also known as: Vickery Property
Approximate location: the National Park Service places this pin arbitrarily within the property, not at a surveyed point (stated accuracy ±12 m).
Why it's listed
This farmstead on the northern edge of Hartwell, Georgia, centers on a one-story frame house built about 1892 on land the McMullan family farmed in the late 19th century. The house has a high hipped roof with projecting gables and original metal shingles. In the late 1920s a Bungalow-style porch and Craftsman interior features were added to the earlier Victorian-eclectic design. Behind the house are two barns, a well house and a garage, with open farmland beyond. Isham P. Vickery, a local merchant who ran a hardware store and a farm implement company downtown, bought the property in 1926 and raised cotton and wheat and pastured cows and sheep. He added the large barn and garage in 1931. The property was recognized for its two-stage architecture, for having the most intact set of historic farm outbuildings in the Hartwell survey area, and for illustrating the overlap of farming and merchant work in a small Georgia town.
Significance in brief: The house shows two distinct periods and styles, a Victorian-eclectic building with a late 1920s Bungalow porch and Craftsman interior features. Its outbuildings are the most intact group of historic agricultural auxiliary buildings in the Hartwell survey area. It is also the only complete city farmstead in Hartwell and is tied to merchant-farmer I. P. Vickery.
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 86002037, listed September 11, 1986. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 602 Forest Ave., Hartwell |
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| County | Hart County |
| Listed | September 11, 1986 |
| Reference number | 86002037 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Victorian-eclectic with Craftsman-inspired detailing and Craftsman-style (Bungalow) porch |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Commerce, Agriculture, Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | In good condition and in use as a residence. |
| Acreage | 4 |
| Coordinates | 34.36088, -82.92899 (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 86002037.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q134373725
- This listing as JSON
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