Craft Farm, House, 1912 North Brown Road, Lawrenceville

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The Craft House is historically significant as an intact hall and parlor house type. The Craft House also includes four associated outbuildings which are a smokehouse, a shed, a well house, and a barn. The Craft House possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Description: The Craft House is a representative example of an hall and parlor house type with a rear ell. Architectural features of interest include an original, full length front shed porch with square piers, a side-gabled roof, original clapboard siding, 4/4 windows, and two exterior stone chimneys. Five associated outbuildings, four of which are historic, consist of a smokehouse, a shed, a well house, and a barn. The fifth structure, a concrete block building, appears to be of more recent construction.

The house and outbuildings are situated several feet above the roadway on a hill covered with mature hardwoods. The house fronts North Brown Road to the west and is set back from the facility. History: In Mr. Lindsey Craft constructed the house. Deed research did not reveal the original acreage. Because this property was a farrnstead,it is assumed that the original boundaries were larger than the current 58 acres. According to his granddaughter, Ellen Craft Doerr, Mr. Craft farmed cotton, com, and vegetables on the land. The house has remained in the Craft Family, first going to Mr. Craft's son, Claude Craft, and currently owned by Craft, Claude's nephew. The property now includes three new houses.

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1. Ed Craft, verbal interview on May 10, 2. Ellen Craft Doerr, verbal interview on June 16, 3. Gwinnett County Tax Assessors office, deed research conducted on June 15, 4. Gwinnett County Records Office, June 15, 5. Flanigan, James C. History of Gwinnett County, Georgi~

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