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Glenwood Historic District (Thomasville, Georgia)

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Glenwood Historic District, Thomsasville, GA, US (12)
Glenwood Historic District, Thomsasville, GA, US (12)

The Glenwood Historic District in Thomasville, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The Joe M. Beutell House is in the historic district and is separately listed. The area designated is approximately the area bounded by Euclid Avenue on the east, East Jackson Street on the south, Glenwood Drive on the west, and Clay Street on the north. It was developed as Glenwood subdivision in 1925, by the developer and realtor J. B. Jemison. It was deemed significant in part "for its design by I. O. Freeman of Atlanta, a civil engineer who promoted a 'system of winding driveways and dignified home sites' with native vegetation and landscape features that are still apparent today."

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Glenwood Historic District, Thomsasville, GA, US (12)
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Augustine Hansell House
Augustine Hansell House

The Augustine Hansell House, also known as Jeffries House, is a historic home of exceptional quality in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. It was designed by architect John Wind, the leading architect of Thomas County, in Greek Revival style. A 1+1⁄2-story cottage, it was built during 1852–53 for Augustine Hansell. Hansell, who later (1869) was mayor of Thomasville, was a judge of the Superior Court of the Southern Judicial Circuit. He also organized the Thomas Reserves and was commander of a militia company of Thomas County. He was a lieutenant in the Thomas Reserves.The American Civil War did not bring fighting to Thomas County, with the closest battle being the Battle of Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge, Florida, 56 miles (90 km) away from Thomasville.The house is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame cottage, with the main house having four rooms in a center-hall plan. It has an overhanging portico supported by six square columns. It has two small windows centered in the gable front.Its interior is little-altered from the original and has Greek Revival details in its doorways, stairway, and four fireplaces with carved mantels.The addition of wings for a kitchen and a bedroom in 1927 did not detract from the architectural character of the house.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.Up to 1969 the house had remained in the same family and was then owned by a granddaughter of Augustine Hansell. It has been described as one of the "three best cottages" in Thomasville.

Lapham–Patterson House
Lapham–Patterson House

The Lapham–Patterson House is a historic site at 626 North Dawson Street in Thomasville, Georgia. The house, built between 1884-85 as a winter cottage for businessman C.W. Lapham of Chicago, is a significant example of Victorian architecture. It has a number of architectural details, such as fishscale shingles, an intricately designed porch, long-leaf pine inlaid floors, and a double-flue chimney. Inside, the house was well-appointed with a gas lighting system, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, and modern closets. Its most significant feature is its completely intentional lack of symmetry. None of the windows, doors, or closets are square. The house is a Georgia Historic Site and is also a National Historic Landmark, designated in 1973 for its architecture. It is also a contributing building in the National Register-listed Dawson Street Residential Historic District. The three-story structure has a mellow-yellow exterior with brick-red roof and chimneys. At the core of the house is a hexagonal-shaped room. There are at least 50 exits; Mr. Lapham had been in the Great Chicago Fire and subsequently became paranoid about being trapped in a burning building. The house was deliberately constructed slightly askew to take advantage of sunlight entering the third floor during the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. Within is a gentlemen's parlor with a small stage featuring a stained-glass window in the center. In the fretwork outside the room over the balcony are animal and amorphous shapes cut into the wood. In the center is a cutout of what is presumably the head of Mrs. O'Leary's cow. During the Spring and Fall Equinoxes the patterns are projected by sunlight onto the floor through the glass. The total effect is that, in the center of the stained glass window's colorful pattern on the floor, the shadow of the cow's head can be seen. Mr. Lapham was a Quaker.