The James Alonzo Brannen House is a house built in 1881 in
Statesboro, Georgia
Statesboro is the largest city and county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, Bulloch County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, located in the southeastern part of the state.
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. It is notable as the oldest residence in the town and for its association with lawyer J. A. Brannen (1858-1923), for whom it was built, and who served as the town's first mayor.
The house is a single-story frame house with an L-shaped plan. Its porch, with four columns on brick piers, was added c.1917.
Brannen founded the
Statesboro Eagle and
Statesboro News newspapers, and he owned and developed property that is now in the
West Main Street Commercial Historic District.
It has some elements of
Late Victorian
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...
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Queen Anne style, such as its fish-scale shingles on the end and front gables.
[ With .] It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(NRHP) in 1989.
[
Statesboro was the subject of a wider survey of historic resources completed at the same time as the NRHP nomination for the district.]
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1881
Houses in Bulloch County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Bulloch County, Georgia
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