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Wesley O. Conner House

Coordinates: 34°06′00″N 85°19′51″W / 34.10000°N 85.33083°W / 34.10000; -85.33083
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Wesley O. Conner House
Wesley O. Conner House is located in Georgia
Wesley O. Conner House
LocationCedartown St., Cave Spring, Georgia
Coordinates34°06′00″N 85°19′51″W / 34.10000°N 85.33083°W / 34.10000; -85.33083
Area41 acres (17 ha)
Built1869
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
MPSCave Spring MRA
NRHP reference No.80001037[1]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1980

The Wesley O. Conner House, on Cedartown St. in Cave Spring, Georgia, was built in 1869 by Wesley O. Connor, the Superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

It is a one-and-a-half-story wood frame Gothic/Romanesque Revival-style farmhouse. It has a jerkin-headed gable roof, two tall interior chimneys, dormers and a porch. It has board-and-batten siding, and a seamed-metal roof.[2]

It was deemed significant at the state-wide level "as an unusual example of mid-19th-century eclectic residential architecture, combining features of the Gothic and Greek Revival styles. Its overall form, proportions, arrangement, materials, and details are:generally Gothic Revival; its roundarched windows are clearly Romanesque. Both styles are relatively rare in Georgia, although the Gothic Revival is well represented in Cave Spring, and their successful integration in one .building is extraordinary. This design reflects the carpenter/builder architectural tradition where design originates from the combination of experience, pattern books, and the latest fashions."[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Richard Cloues; Kacy Ginn (1980). "Historic Resources of Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia: Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey-Inventory: Wesley O. Conner House / Hewitt House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 10, 2019.