Carter-Newton House
33°35′30″N 83°28′30″W / 33.59165°N 83.47501°W
Carter-Newton House | |
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  Location within Georgia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 530 Academy Street Madison, Georgia |
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| Built | c. 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Madison Historic District |
| Designated CP | October 29, 1974[1] |
Carter-Newton House (c. 1840) at 530 Academy Street, Madison, Georgia, is one of the grand homes of Madison built during its heyday, 1840–60, leading up to the Civil War. The house was built at the peak of the cotton boom in Morgan County, on the foundation of the Madison Male Academy which operated in Madison during the first half of the 19th century.
History
Not long after the academy burned down, Carter Shepherd and his wife Nancy Whitfield Shepherd, built the present wooden house, originally with eight rooms, over its foundations. The Carter Shepherds were one of the most prosperous families in Morgan County; Nancy owned 114 enslaved people, making her the fourth-largest slaver in the county at the time of the Civil War.[2] Mary Watson Anderson of neighboring Greene County purchased the building in 1868, willing the house to Electa Carter in 1880. In 1929, the owners moved to nearby Bonar Hall, and rented the house to the Mason family, who stayed until 1941. The Newton family bought the house in 1944, and began calling the building the “Carter-Newton House”. During the years following Polly Newton's death in 2003, the house fell into disrepair. In 2018 the house was the principal location for the movie St. Agatha, a horror film set in the 1950s in small-town Georgia. The house was used again in 2019 to film the 2021 historical drama Charming the Hearts of Men. The Newton family sold the house to James Glover in 2021.
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Morgan County 1860 tax records.
External links
- Houses completed in 1849
- Houses in Morgan County, Georgia
- Scotch-Irish American culture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Historic district contributing properties in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Madison, Georgia
- 1849 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Morgan County, Georgia
- Greek Revival houses in Georgia (U.S. state)