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Mathis House

Coordinates: 32°03′00″N 84°47′28″W / 32.05000°N 84.79111°W / 32.05000; -84.79111
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Mathis House
Mathis House is located in Georgia
Mathis House
LocationE. Main St., Lumpkin, Georgia
Coordinates32°03′00″N 84°47′28″W / 32.05000°N 84.79111°W / 32.05000; -84.79111
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1840-45
Architectural stylePlantation Plain
MPSLumpkin Georgia MRA
NRHP reference No.82002474[1]
Added to NRHPJune 29, 1982

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]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.