- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Harman-Watson-Matthews House
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Date of Original:
- 1993-05
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Meriwether County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Meriwether County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Meriwether County
Greek revival (Architecture)
Brick houses
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Greenville, 33.02874, -84.71298
- Medium:
- color slides
brick (clay material)
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Built 1860, the Harman-Watson-Matthews House is the oldest brick house in Meriwether County. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1973 (#73000628)From the house's application form dated March 1, 1973:Built of handmade, Georgia clay brick circa 1860, the Harman-Watson-Matthews House is the oldest brick house in Meriwether County. It was originally a simple Greek Revival style house, but is presently renovated in a version of the colonial style. The original Harman House was a one-and-one-half-story brick house with a central, square-columned temple form portico. Gauged flat arches in brick defined the windows and the oak-grained rear and front double doors had a four pane transom. The central hall, four square room plan featured interior-end chimneys with simple mantels in each room. The half-story above had only two rooms, one of which was paneled with 12-to-16-inch pine. The remaining interior walls were plastered brick. About 1880, a dining room and kitchen ell was added to the rear of the house across the back porch, and a porch added on the inner side of the ell. Sometime after 1896 the temple form portico was removed and a full, flat-roofed porch was added. In the restoration that took place in 1971, the flat roof front porch and the rear additions from 1880 were removed. The front façade presently has only semi-circular brick steps, no porch. Situated near the unpaved Odessadale-Stovall-Durand Road, the house stands on a two-hundred-acre plot, some of which has significant granite outcroppings. The image depicts a brick house in the Greek Revival style situated in a rural setting. The house is rectangular with a slanted roof and several windows visible on the side. Surrounding the house are large, leafless trees, A wooden fence with black horizontal planks stretches across the foreground of the image. Variant names include: Harman-Watson-Matthews House. See ref# 73000628 (Harman-Watson-Matthews House) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_383
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_383#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_383/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
