Lapham-Patterson House Museum
Lapham-Patterson House Museum is a museum in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 80 m. Curry Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas County Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
The story
The Lapham–Patterson House is a historic site at 626 North Dawson Street in Thomasville, Georgia. The house, built between 1884-85 as a winter cottage for businessman C.W. Lapham of Chicago, is a significant example of Victorian architecture. It has a number of architectural details, such as fishscale shingles, an intricately designed porch, long-leaf pine inlaid floors, and a double-flue chimney. Inside, the house was well-appointed with a gas lighting system, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, and modern closets. Its most significant feature is its completely intentional lack of symmetry. None of the windows, doors, or closets are square. The house is a Georgia Historic Site and is also a National Historic Landmark, designated in 1973 for its architecture. It is also a contributing building in the National Register-listed Dawson Street Residential Historic District. The three-story structure has a mellow-yellow exterior with brick-red roof and chimneys. At the core of the house is a hexagonal-shaped room. There are at least 50 exits; Mr. Lapham had been in the Great Chicago Fire and subsequently became paranoid about being trapped in a burning building. The house was deliberately constructed slightly askew to take advantage of sunlight entering the third floor during the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. Within is a gentlemen's parlor with a small stage featuring a stained-glass window in the center. In the fretwork outside the room over the balcony are animal and amorphous shapes cut into the wood. In the center is a cutout of what is presumably the head of Mrs. O'Leary's cow. During the Spring and Fall Equinoxes the patterns are projected by sunlight onto the floor through the glass. The total effect is that, in the center of the stained glass window's colorful pattern on the floor, the shadow of the cow's head can be seen. Mr. Lapham was a Quaker.
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Dates from 1884.
Wikidata Q6488153, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 80 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
64 named places within 25 miles
- Flipper Park: 0.2 mi
- Dawson Street Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Center entrance: 0.5 mi
- Thomasville Cultural Center: 0.6 mi
- Thomasville Commercial Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Thomasville Civil War Prison Camp: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Wall: 1.7 mi
- 1st Universalist Church: 7.6 mi
- Confederate Soldier Monument: 13.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 16.3 mi
- Shoe Shine House: 6.6 mi
- Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery (2nd Floor): 6.6 mi
- Carpenter's Shop: 6.6 mi
- Nurse's Station: 6.6 mi
- Pebble Hill Plantation: 6.7 mi
- Thomas County Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Power of the Past: 7.1 mi
- Cairo Car Museum: 12.7 mi
- Grady County Museum: 13.6 mi
- River Creek The Rolf and Alexandra Kauka Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Birdsong Nature Center: 16.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Texas Hill: 21.0 mi
- Curry Hill: 22.9 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 23.1 mi
- Thomasville Rose Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Small horse statue: 6.7 mi
- Patty Sink: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lapham-Patterson House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Hill | WNW 285° | 98 m | 22.9 mi |
| Texas Hill | SSE 162° | 70 m | 21.0 mi |
| Kennedy Hill | ENE 77° | 70 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:07 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 1SW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367915559
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