UPSON COUNTY, GA - HISTORICAL HOUSES Harp House

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Historic Houses printed in Upson Historical Society Newsletters:
June 1999


THE HARP HOUSE: This Queen Anne style house on
Bamesville Street has features of another popular
Victorian style called the Steamboat Gothic Style.
During the Victo rian era, popular literary works had a
great influence on architecture. The Steamboat Gothic
Style, for example, evokes images of Mark Twain's
novels depicting the Mississippi River steamboat era.
The principal Queen Ann features are the tower, the
asymmetrical shape, and the wrap-around porch. The main
feature of the Steamboat Gothic Style is the porch. It
has decorative railing at the top and bottom,
reminiscent of old river boats.


Mr. And Mrs. W. A. Harp built this house in 1894. The
two story house took four years to build. Their
daughter, Pearia Harp Trice, added eight new rooms and
four baths, making it into a twenty-one room apartment
house. The house was inherited by Pearla's daughter,
Christine Trice Starling, who later sold it to Colonel
and Mrs. H. M. Harp .