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Bellevue

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1852 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“Bellevue is a historic mansion house at 204 Ben Hill Street in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Built in 1853-1855, it was the home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill, and is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture.”

Wikipedia article Bellevue (LaGrange, Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Troup County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1852, Greek Revival architecture · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 204 Ben Hill St., LaGrange, 30240
  • When was it listed? November 1972
  • Category. building
  • Census division. LaGrange
  • When was it built? 1852
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 72000400 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue between 1992 and 2016, burning about 462 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning94
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Smoking6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TROUP-003
25 September 2008Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TROUP-005
26 August 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TROUP-004

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue: 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lagrange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crosby ProspectMicaProspect
Davis ProspectMicaOccurrence
Hart ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Mat Teague ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Troup County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Broad Street Historic District0.1 miles1984
College Home/Smith Hall0.2 miles1982
Heard-Dallis House0.3 miles1975
Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail0.5 miles1995
Lagrange Commercial Historic District0.7 miles2001
Vernon Road Historic District0.8 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000400 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Troup CountyAll 35 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.