This fine antebellum home was designed and built by John Wind in the Fletcherville neighborhood for Arthur P. Wright, a banker a city alderman who served as Thomasville mayor at the outset of the Civil War. It was used for early meetings of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, as well.

The hand-carved square columns [detail in first image] are perhaps the most significant decorative elements of the house, which is listed individually and as a contributing property to the Fletcherville Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places

This is the oldest house in the neighborhood and has been credited to the noted English-born Georgia architect John Wind for Judge Augustin Hansell. Hansell Street was named for Judge Hansell.

In her thesis, (Not So) Gone with the Wind: The Architecture of John Wind, Athens, 2019, Sophia Latz writes: “To be frank, there is no definitive that the Hansell House is a John Wind home. His signature touches are there, like square columns, detailed woodwork, designed entrance, but there is not one notice in the old newspapers, nor any reference made. The National Register nomination of the property marks Wind as the architect, but there is no further evidence given. This seems to be the way of John Wind, with his homes neither no longer extant or no records kept. With this in mind, the house is a testament to craftsmanship at large.“

Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places