The Mathis House, on E. Main St. in Lumpkin, Georgia, was built around 1840–45. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
Mathis House | |
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| Location | E. Main St., Lumpkin, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°03′00″N 84°47′28″W / 32.05000°N 84.79111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c.1840-45 |
| Architectural style | Plantation Plain |
| MPS | Lumpkin Georgia MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002474[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 29, 1982 |
It is a two-story Plantation Plain house, with Greek Revival details. Its "ornate entrance on the first floor with flush tongue and groove siding, and multi-paned trabeated doorway, along with the second floor entrance with fluted pilasters, are among the most decorative found in Lumpkin."[2]
It was one of four identical houses built within a 4 miles (6.4 km) radius; this is the only one surviving.[2]
By 1899, it was home of school teacher Miss Ernie Stevens and an "Aunt Penny McCullough", of whom locals were supposedly afraid.[2]
It was deemed "significant as a manifestation of the large but relatively plain farmhouses located on what were, at the time, the outskirts of Lumpkin."[2]
It was listed as part of a study of historic resources in Lumpkin which led to National Register nomination of 15 historic districts and individual buildings.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Nancy Alexander (1980). "Historical Resources of Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia Survey-Inventory: Mathis House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2019. Date of document is approximate. Includes photo from 1980.
- ^ Nancy Alexander; Richard Cloues (April 7, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Lumpkin, Georgia, Multiple Resource Inventory" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2019.