John Rutherford House

  • Also Known As: Beckham's Mount Plantation also Grantland-Stevenson House

  • Address: 550 Allen Memorial Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1824/00/00 Daniel Pratt Architect A 2-story, clapboard plantation Plain style House with Federal details is built for John Rutherford. John Linley, author of the Architecture of Middle Georgia, calls this style Oconee Federal. Daniel Pratt is attributed as the architect-builder.
1824/00/00 Col John Rutherford Home The Grantland-Stevenson House is constructed on Beckham's Mount for Col John Rutherford, two miles west of the present site.
1859/00/00 Robert C Smith the Rutherford House moved 2 miles to the west. Robert C Smith, a planter, minister and Professor at Oglethorpe University, bought the house in 1853.
1975/06/00 Everette Barman acquires the Grantland-Stevenson House. After extensive research, he will begin a restoration program.

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Particulars for John Rutherford House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Attribute Moved property
Other Description Oconee Federal, Plain style
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 21st March 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Rutherford, John, House
Registry Address: 550 Allen Memorial Dr.
Registry Number: 78000962
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Pratt,Daniel
Architectural Style: Other, Federal
Attribute: Oconee FederalPlain style
Contributing Buildings: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Moved property
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1824, 1859
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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