Archive for April, 2011
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1900, Woodbine
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Woodbine GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Woodbine GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Churches} on April 24, 2011 by Brian BrownMasonic Hall, Woodbine
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Woodbine GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Woodbine GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Fraternal Lodges} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
Though I can’t locate a date for this structure, it’s very similar in appearance to other Masonic Halls built in the 1890s. This would make it one of the earliest public buildings still standing in Woodbine.
Life on the Satilla River, Woodbine Mural
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, White Oak GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Woodbine GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {Satilla River}, {South Georgia Folk Art}, {South Georgia Folklife}, {South Georgia Murals}, {South Georgia Rivers Creeks & Lakes} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
From the descriptive text on the mural:
Loading Timber Products & Turpentine, Satilla River, Circa 1889
Woodbine was founded in 1893 on the banks of the Satilla River. It grew from earlier river-side sawmill communities established in the mid 1800s. Harvesting timber was a major occupation and large rafts of logs were floated down the river to the sawmills. Earlier, the land where Woodbine is now located was part of the Woodbine Plantation. It covered 1,400 acres of land and river marsh along the south side of the Satilla. Over the years, together with other plantations on the river, Woodbine Plantation produced rice, cotton, timber and turpentine. Before the railroad came in 1893, products from the Plantation were shipped to market on steamers that docked along the river. (Adapted from Camden’s Challenge: A History of Camden County)
The mural was based on a 2003 idea by Camden County High School student Jackie Fortier.
The artist was Vernon Potter, of Jacksonville, Florida.
Satilla Raftsmen, Woodbine Mural
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Woodbine GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Woodbine GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {Satilla River}, {South Georgia Folk Art}, {South Georgia Folklife}, {South Georgia Murals} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
Satilla Riverman, Woodbine Mural
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA-- with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Woodbine GA, {Satilla River}, {South Georgia Folk Art}, {South Georgia Folklife}, {South Georgia Murals}, {South Georgia Pioneers}, {South Georgia Rivers Creeks & Lakes} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
Ruins of Reed’s Service Station, White Oak
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, White Oak GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, White Oak GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Garages & Filling Stations}, {South Georgia Ghost Towns} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
Ruins of Reed’s Service Station, White Oak
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, White Oak GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, White Oak GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Garages & Filling Stations}, {South Georgia Ghost Towns} on April 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
Georgia Coast Rail-Trail, White Oak
Posted in --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, White Oak GA with tags --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, White Oak GA, {South Georgia Recreation} on April 23, 2011 by Brian Brown
This is the first stretch of a proposed pedestrian/bicycle/equestrian byway that will follow an abandoned Seaboard Coast Line (CSX) railbed 68 miles from Kingsland to Riceboro, providing great recreational opportunities and scenery throughout.
Equipment Shed, Butler Island Plantation
Posted in --GLYNN COUNTY GA-- with tags --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture} on April 23, 2011 by Brian Brown
I’m unsure as to the function of this small structure.
Huston House, 1927, Butler Island Plantation
Posted in --GLYNN COUNTY GA-- with tags --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Houses} on April 23, 2011 by Brian Brown
Built in 1927 by Colonel T. L. Huston, a half-owner of the New York Yankees, this home hosted many famous baseball players of the day, most notably Babe Ruth. Colonel Huston also operated a successful Guernsey dairy and a large iceberg lettuce farm on the reclaimed rice fields of the plantation. Today, it is maintained by the Nature Conservancy.
