- Nutwood (La Grange, Georgia)
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Nutwood
Nearest city: La Grange, Georgia Coordinates: 33°1′21″N 84°59′41″W / 33.0225°N 84.99472°WCoordinates: 33°1′21″N 84°59′41″W / 33.0225°N 84.99472°W Built: 1833 Architect: Rodgers,Cullen Architectural style: Greek Revival, Federal, Plantation plain Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74000704[1] Added to NRHP: May 08, 1974 Nutwood in La Grange, Georgia is a building built in 1833. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
Nutwood was built by Joel Dortch Newsom, who relocated to La Grange from Hancock County in 1830. The house stands on what was then the Newsom family plantation, east of La Grange. It was designed by architect Collin Rodgers and still bears the architect's signature medallion above the side entrance.[2] The private Newsom family cemetery in nearby grove features imported marble tombstones.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Portico (Nutwood, LaGrange, Ga.). The Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ Glenda Ralston Major, Forrest Clark Johnson, III, Kaye Lanning Minchew (2007). Troup County. Arcadia. ISBN 0738552542. p. 10.
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