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Tupper-Barnett House

Washington, Georgia
County of Wilkes.
National Register Number: 72000411
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Congressional District: GA-10 Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 7, 1973):
Among the finest examples of nineteenth century conversions of Federal-period homes into Neoclassical mansions by addition of colonnades. Symbolic of the wealth brought to the South by the cotton trade, this house has a finely detailed Doric peristyle colonnade skillfully joined to an existing structure.


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