It was built around 1913. It is a one-story frame house with a hipped roof and a wrap-around shed-roofed porch. [2][3]
It was deemed "important in local black/social history for its association with the Reverend H. E. Fortson" and its NRHP nomination provides:
Fortson served as minister of the Hartwell First Baptist Church in the early twentieth century and preached at other Baptist churches in Hart County during his career. He was a prominent minister and teacher in the Rome community of Hartweil. Traditionally, churches were among the most important social and cultural institutions in black communities, and ministers were among the prominent figures in these communities; the role played by Fortson in the Rome section of Hartwell is no exception. / Architecturally, the Fortson House is significant as an example of the type of house built for and lived in by relatively prominent middle-class black citizens of Hartwell in the early 20th century. This type of modest, straightforward house, with its simple arrangement of rooms around a central hall and its wrap-around porch and hipped roof, typifies the housing found in many of Georgia's small-town black neighborhoods. Relatively few examples of this type of housing survive with their major features intact, making this house a good example of the type.[2]
^ abDale Jaeger; Sybil Bowers; Carolyn Brooks (June 23, 1986). "Historic Resources of Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia: H. E. Fortson House / Gaines Residence". National Park Service. Retrieved May 18, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1985
^Dale Jaeger; Sybil Bowers; Carolyn Brooks (June 23, 1986). (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
fortson, house, richardson, hartwell, georgia, listed, national, register, historic, places, 1986, national, register, historic, placeslocation221, richardson, hartwell, georgiacoordinates34, 35833, 92833, 35833, 92833, arealess, than, acrebuiltc, 1913mpshartw. The H E Fortson House at 221 Richardson St in Hartwell Georgia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 1 H E Fortson HouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesLocation221 Richardson St Hartwell GeorgiaCoordinates34 21 30 N 82 55 42 W 34 35833 N 82 92833 W 34 35833 82 92833 H E Fortson House Arealess than one acreBuiltc 1913MPSHartwell MRANRHP reference No 86002007 1 Added to NRHPSeptember 11 1986It was built around 1913 It is a one story frame house with a hipped roof and a wrap around shed roofed porch 2 3 It was deemed important in local black social history for its association with the Reverend H E Fortson and its NRHP nomination provides Fortson served as minister of the Hartwell First Baptist Church in the early twentieth century and preached at other Baptist churches in Hart County during his career He was a prominent minister and teacher in the Rome community of Hartweil Traditionally churches were among the most important social and cultural institutions in black communities and ministers were among the prominent figures in these communities the role played by Fortson in the Rome section of Hartwell is no exception Architecturally the Fortson House is significant as an example of the type of house built for and lived in by relatively prominent middle class black citizens of Hartwell in the early 20th century This type of modest straightforward house with its simple arrangement of rooms around a central hall and its wrap around porch and hipped roof typifies the housing found in many of Georgia s small town black neighborhoods Relatively few examples of this type of housing survive with their major features intact making this house a good example of the type 2 References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service November 2 2013 a b Dale Jaeger Sybil Bowers Carolyn Brooks June 23 1986 Historic Resources of Hartwell Hart County Georgia H E Fortson House Gaines Residence National Park Service Retrieved May 18 2018 With accompanying photo from 1985 Dale Jaeger Sybil Bowers Carolyn Brooks June 23 1986 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Historic Resources of Hartwell Hart County Georgia PDF National Park Service Archived from the original PDF on October 11 2012 Retrieved May 18 2018 This article about a property in Georgia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title H E Fortson House amp oldid 1169075123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
