The Walters-Davis House, at 429 E. Tugalo St. in
Toccoa
Toccoa is a city in far Northeast Georgia near the border with South Carolina. It is the county seat of Stephens County, Georgia, United States, located about from Athens and about northeast of Atlanta. The population was 9,133 as of the ...
in
Stephens County, Georgia, was built in 1906. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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It is a one-story late Victorian Eclectic-style house. It was deemed significant architecturally and for its association with Judge Ben Davis, who occupied the house in 1912, purchased it in 1915, and lived in it until his death.][
Davis was President of the Stephens County Bar Association for 20 years and also served as Recorder for the City of Toccoa and as Judge of City Police and Justice Courts.][
It was built by master builder E.L. Prater (1872–1950), who also built the NRHP-listed ]James B. Simmons House
The James B. Simmons House, also known as the Simmons-Bond House, was built in 1903 in Toccoa, Georgia by the noted Georgia architect E. Levi Prater for James B. Simmons, a successful lumberman. The main occupants of the house have been the Ja ...
(1903) and the Stephens County Jail, both in Toccoa, as well as a bank in Taylorsville and the NRHP-listed Candler Street School
The Candler Street School, on Candler St. in Gainesville, Georgia, was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
It was designed by Cunningham Bros., architects, in Georgian Revival style. With
It was ...
(1911) in Gainesville, Georgia
The city of Gainesville is the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it is often called the "Poultry Capital of t ...
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The listing included a second contributing building, originally an outhouse and coal storage building, now a storage building.[ With ]
The property was acquired by the Toccoa First United Methodist Church, located at 333 E. Tugalo St., in 1984, and serves as offices for the church.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Stephens County, Georgia
Houses completed in 1906
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