The James B. Simmons House, also known as the Simmons-Bond House, was built in 1903 in Toccoa, Georgia by the noted Georgiaarchitect E. Levi Prater for James B. Simmons, a successful lumberman. The main occupants of the house have been the James B. Simmons and the Julius Belton Bond families. The property was added to the United StatesNational Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Architecture
The house, located in downtown Toccoa, Georgia across from the county courthouse, is representative of the frame Queen Anne StyleGreek Revival houses built in Northern Georgia around the turn of the Twentieth century.
Lumberman Simmons' utilized oak extensively throughout the house. Features include a built-in oak china cabinet, carved oak newel posts, dentilmolding, extensive oak panels, oak pocket doors, and oak flooring.
Simmons-Bond House parlorSimmons-Bond House dining roomView of the dining room alcove detailing the stained glass windows, pillars, and decorative dentil molding.