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James B. Simmons House

Coordinates: 34°34′50″N 83°19′53″W / 34.58056°N 83.33139°W / 34.58056; -83.33139
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James B. Simmons House
The James B. Simmons House
James B. Simmons House is located in Georgia
James B. Simmons House
LocationToccoa, Georgia
Coordinates34°34′50″N 83°19′53″W / 34.58056°N 83.33139°W / 34.58056; -83.33139
Built1903
Built byE.L. Prater
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.83000241 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 7, 1983

The James B. Simmons House, also known as the Simmons-Bond House, was built in 1903 in Toccoa, Georgia by the noted Georgia architect E. Levi Prater for James B. Simmons, a successful lumberman. The main occupants of the house have been the James B. Simmons and the Julius Belton Bond families. The property was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Architecture

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The house, located in downtown Toccoa, Georgia across from the county courthouse, is representative of the frame Queen Anne Style Greek Revival houses built in Northern Georgia around the turn of the Twentieth century.

Lumberman Simmons' utilized oak extensively throughout the house. Features include a built-in oak china cabinet, carved oak newel posts, dentil molding, extensive oak panels, oak pocket doors, and oak flooring.

Simmons-Bond House parlor
Simmons-Bond House dining room
View of the dining room alcove detailing the stained glass windows, pillars, and decorative dentil molding.

It was built by master builder and Toccoa resident E.L. Prater (1872-1950), who also built the NRHP-listed Walters-Davis House (1906) and the Stephens County Jail in Toccoa, a bank in Taylorsville, Georgia, and the Candler Street School (1911) in Gainesville, Georgia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Dale Jaeger; Kathryn C. Trogdon (February 18, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James B. Simmons House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 10, 2021. With accompanying 12 photos from 1982