The Seaborn Goodall House in

Screven County Screven County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,067. The county seat is Sylvania. History The county was created on December 14, 1793, and was named for G ...

near

Sylvania, Georgia Sylvania is a town in and the county seat of Screven County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,956 at the 2010 census. History The area was inhabited for thousands of years by various cultures of indigenous peoples. By the time of Euro ...

was built in 1815. It is a Plantation Plain-style house. 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 ...

in 1977. It has also been known as the Goodall-Dell House and locally as the Dell-Goodall House . It was built in Jacksonborough, a former town which was the county seat of Screven County from 1795 to 1847, by Seaborn Goodall. According to the house's NRHP nomination,

He was the son of Pleasant Goodall, a Revolutionary soldier who fought at Brier Creek. Goodall was a prominent citizen of the county, a mason, pioneer in establishing the Methodist faith, and Clerk of the Superior Court of Screven County from 1816 - 1836. In 1820 he rescued
Lorenzo Dow Lorenzo Dow (October 16, 1777February 2, 1834) was an eccentric itinerant American evangelist, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He became an important figure and a popular writer. His autobiography at one ti ...
from a mob in town and harbored him in his home. Later Dow cursed the town to be destroyed except for the Goodall House. The town soon deteriorated away and only the Goodall home remains today. With .

The house now owned by the D.A.R.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures completed in 1815 Screven County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub