Redbone Community House
Also known as: Redbone Community Clubhouse
Why it's listed
Redbone Community House is a one-story wood-frame clubhouse in the rural Redbone community of Lamar County, Georgia. Built in 1935-1936 by the Works Progress Administration, it has a front-gabled roof with elbow brackets and exposed rafter ends, weatherboard siding, stone chimneys, a stone foundation and a shed-roofed partial front porch. Inside are a large community room, a stage, a kitchen, a brick fireplace and beaded-board walls and ceilings. The Redbone Woman's Club, founded in 1922, led the effort to find land, elect trustees, gather materials and then run the building until 1981. The club later passed management to the Redbone Community Club. The building is regarded as an intact example of a Depression-era community landmark. It was also among the first rural buildings in the country to receive electricity through the Rural Electrification Administration, and it hosted a banquet for the agency's head in 1938. It has served as a meeting place, polling site and venue for political speakers.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is an intact example of a 1930s WPA-built community landmark building in rural Georgia, with understated Craftsman and Colonial Revival influences. It is also significant for the role of the Redbone Woman's Club in getting it built and run, for its link to federal Depression-era relief programs, and for its early rural electrification. It has served as the community's social center since the 1930s.
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 98000323, listed April 9, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Community House Rd., jct. with Sappington Rd., Barnesville |
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| County | Lamar County |
| Listed | April 9, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000323 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1935 |
| Architect / builder | Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Craftsman |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History, Other |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still in use as a community clubhouse, run by the Redbone Community Club; repaired with a Georgia Heritage 2000 Grant in 1996-1997. |
| Acreage | 1 |
| Coordinates | 32.98959, -84.09715 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000323.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q29092825
- This listing as JSON
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