John Roland Temple House

  • Also Known As: Temple Homestead

  • Address: 391 Athens St
  • Vicinity: Arthur St, NRHP address: 129 Athens St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The John Roland Temple House is a Victorian farmhouse and private residence in Hartwell, Georgia. The late 19th century, central hall plan house, with a gabled roof, is embellished with an East lake-style front porch. On the small family farm, John raised cotton and his wife, Ella, sold extra milk, eggs and butter to residents of the nearby Hartwell Mill village. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1892/00/00 John Roland Temple Architect, Builder, Home John R Temple designs and builds himself a new residence on the family farm with the help of his Will Temple.
1897/00/00 Will Temple Groom, Home Cora Cunningham of Hart County marries John William Temple. The couple will live at the grooms parents until they start a family and built a dwelling next door.
1920/00/00 Will Temple Life Will and Cora lost their home next to the Temple Homestead in a business deal but were eventually able to buy another house on Athens Street in the 1920s and be close to Will's now widowed mother.

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Particulars for John Roland Temple House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Criteria Person
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Art Movement Victorian Eclecticism



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 11th September 1986

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Temple, John Roland, House
Registry Address: 129 Athens St.
Registry Number: 86002059
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Hartwell MRA
Owner: Private
Architect: Temple,John Roland
Architectural Style: Late victorian, Other
Attribute: Victorian eclectic
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 2
Non-Contributing Buildings: 3
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1892
Associated People: Temple,John Roland,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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