120 Avery St
Decatur, GA, USA

National Register of Historic Places - Agnes Lee Chapter House

Statement of Significant:

The Agnes Lee Chapter House is significant in architecture as a good example of the use of the Colonial Revival style for a functionally designed meeting house that also is in keeping with its surrounding residential neighborhood. Elements of the Colonial Revival style include the accentuated front door with elaborate pediment/ porch supported by slender columns and a symmetrically balanced facade with balanced windows and a centered doorway. Its design also embodies the historic character of the group for which it was built, and the grounds include a magnolia tree, symbolic of the "Old South". The house is also important as an early work of Wilson A. Gosnell, architect, who worked for several prominent architects in Atlanta and later practiced out of state. The house is also significant in social/humanitarian history for being the meeting place for a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a membership club, whose goals are to commemorate history, help educate, provide patriotic and commemorative services, and especially to honor those who served the Confederate States of America. The organization also sought to pre- serve the memories of the role of women in the War Between the States and its after- math. The UDC statewide, as well as each local chapter, has for many decades had a major influence in activities related to "The War."

These areas of significance support property eligibility under National Register Criteria A and C.