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- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Campbell-Jordan House
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Campbell, Duncan Green, 1787-1828
Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889
Semmes, Andrew Green
Cleveland, Aaron A.
Semmes, Albert Gallatin, 1810-1883
Jordan, Benjamin F.
Stith, William - Date of Original:
- 1960/2000
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Wilkes County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Wilkes County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Wilkes County
Greek revival (Architecture)
Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington, 33.73679, -82.73931
- Medium:
- color slides
greek revival
federal
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- From its National Register for Historic Places nomination form, prepared by William R. Mitchell, Jr., director for the Georgia Historic Sites Survey: The Campbell-Jordan House is a monumental two-story white clapboard building which grew from simpler structures. Two federal period houses--built in the same style at different times--were unified into a harmonious composition by the addition of a Greek Doric peristyle colonnaded porch and other Greek Revival details. The interior style of the building is Federal. It is a monumental two-story white clapboard building which grew from simpler structures. Two federal period houses--built in the same style at different times--were unified into a harmonious composition by the addition of a Greek Doric peristyle colonnaded porch and other Greek Revival details. A clear record of the growth of the house from 1808-1841 and thereafter can be told from the physical and written record. The structure began as a small two-story "plantation plain" house with Federal-style embellishments. The builder of this section is unknown but an 1808 tax return shows Lot 41, the site of the house, as the residence of Duncan Green Campbell (1787-1828). Campbell made a name for himself in Georgia politics. His son, a future Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Archibald Campbell, was born in the eastern section of the house on June 24, 1811. In 1817 the property was sold to Andrew Green Semmes, a member of the distinguished Maryland family of Semmes. In 1839 after Andrew Green Semmes' death the house was sold to Chenoth Pateet and again in 1841 to Aaron A. Cleveland, a wealthy merchant. Stylistic evidence seems to point to the years of Cleveland's ownership for the Greek Revival style additions. In 1866, after Cleveland's death, Benjamin F. Jordan purchased the house and lot. In 1902 it was sold to Mrs. Ethel C. Lindsey. Essentially unchanged from its appearance prior to the Civil War, this Greek Revival-style townhouse is an architectural tour de force made up of subtly blended accretions audaciously situated directly adjoining the sidewalk in the first town in the United States named in honor of George Washington in 1783. Variant names include: Campbell-Jordan House, Campbell-Jordan-Lindsey-Farnell House. See ref # 71000288 (Campbell-Jordan 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_481
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_481#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_481/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:
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