Hunt House (Griffin, Georgia)

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Hunt House
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Location232 S. 8th St., Griffin, Georgia
Coordinates 33°14′40″N84°16′0″W / 33.24444°N 84.26667°W / 33.24444; -84.26667 Coordinates: 33°14′40″N84°16′0″W / 33.24444°N 84.26667°W / 33.24444; -84.26667
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc.1860, c.1900
Architectural styleRenaissance, Beaux Arts, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 73002142 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1973

The Hunt House is a historic residence in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. Also known at the Chapman-Kincaid-Hunt House, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] It was originally located at 232 South 8th Street. [1]

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It is a monumental Beaux Arts house that was built originally in c.1860 as an Italianate summer home for a rich south Georgia planter, W.W. Chapman.

It was remodelled into the Beaux Arts style by W.J. Kincaid, founder of a textile manufacturing firm in Griffin. Kincaid bought the house in 1874. His daughter, born in the house in 1875, married a Hunt and lived there until 1959. [2] The house was moved to 525 North Pine Hill in 1978, [3] apparently at 33°15′44″N84°18′59″W / 33.26214°N 84.31637°W / 33.26214; -84.31637 .

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: or Registration: Hunt House / Chapman-Kincaid-Hunt House". National Park Service. with four photos from 1972
  3. Griffin history