Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House

Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front door seen from Green Street
Location	981 Green St., Conyers, Georgia
Coordinates	33°39′50″N84°00′56″W / 33.66389°N 84.01556°W / 33.66389; -84.01556 (Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House)
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1870
Architectural style	Folk victorian
NRHP reference No.	97001647 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 1998

The Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House is a historic house built around 1870 in Conyers, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. ^[1]

John Henry Almand (1846-1918), The first owner of this house lived here in 1870's, was a merchant, treasurer of the first Board of Education, and later county commissioner and organizer of the Conyers Institute School, as well as founder of the Bank of Rockdale. ^[2]

John Floyd Almand (1848-1918), The builder of this house and second owner, lived here after John H. Almand’s ownership until 1884. He was cousin of John H. Almand. ^[2]

The listing included three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. ^[3]

Architecture and Design

This is an one story wooden house built in Folk victorian style, featuring design details typically of that era. ^[3]

Key architectural features include

Source: ^[3]

• The house is built on brick piers.
• It has four original chimneys and six original fireplaces.
• The roof features seven gables (hence its nickname House of Seven Gables)
• Decorative sawn brackets are present under the eaves and on the porch supports.
• Original interior details remain intact, including heart pine floors, high ceilings (about 13 feet), plaster walls, picture moldings, and chair rails.
• The property also includes historic outbuildings, such as a garden shed and a storage shed dating from the 1920s.

All these features make this house a well preserved example of Flok victorian residential architecture from the late19th century. ^[3]

981 Green St., Conyers, Georgia - photographed by Christian Bessey.

Photos

• 
  Rear porch seen from the driveway entrance on Scott Street.
• 
  Sign along the Scott Street side of the property proclaiming it as the "House of Seven Gables, circa 1870"

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "House of Seven Gables Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
3. Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.; Lauri G. Martin (November 25, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House / House of Seven Gables". National Park Service . Retrieved June 10, 2018. With accompanying 14 photos