This wonderfully maintained house is one of several “undiscovered” gems in Collins. I’m not sure if the turret is in its original state or if a dome may have topped it at one time.
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Collins House, Cobbtown
Thanks to Renee Johnson for identifying this house which is home to her aunt.
I still don’t know the origin of the term “Cobbtown Sport”, but there’s a nice Facebook page of the same name for the sharing of memories and photographs of this charming little town:
https://www.facebook.com/CobbtownSport
Filed under --TATTNALL COUNTY GA--, Cobbtown
William Troup House, Fitzgerald
My friend Brenda Seabrooke, a Fitzgerald native and well-known author of children’s fiction, writes:
“…This was the house of William & Susie Troup. He was the bookkeeper at the [railroad] freight office. His nephew Sonny Boy Troup inherited it but after he died I don’t know who got it. I think the porch was removed to keep users out – it’s only a block from the old hospital site. I spent a lot of my childhood in that house. The Troups functioned as my grandparents. They were no relation but her nephew went to the same medical school my father did & my parents knew him.”
Thanks, Brenda!
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--, Fitzgerald GA
Mary Drew House Deconstruction, Central Avenue
This simple Folk Victorian is being deconstructed; it was built by 1907 and owned by Mary Jacquelyn Ross Drew, widow of David Drew. David was one of the five Drew Brothers who had a mill at nearby Swan, Georgia, and who owned some of the land that would later become Fitzgerald. Thanks to Sherri Butler for that information. I had never really noticed its pyramidal roof before I saw it in this state.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--, Fitzgerald GA
Folk Victorian, U. S. Highway 301
This beautiful home is a well-known landmark on U. S. 301 south of Statesboro.
Filed under --BULLOCH COUNTY GA--
Harville House, 1894, Bulloch County
I visited the iconic Harville House for the first time in nearly a year yesterday and was glad to see that the Bulloch County Historical Society, with assistance from the Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Foundation, had placed a marker explaining its history. The house is on private property and should be photographed from the road only. Here’s the text of the historic marker:
Samuel Winkler Harville purchased this 754-acre farm in 1862. Born on December 17, 1826, Harville was one of two delegates Bulloch County sent to the 1861 Secession Convention in Milledgeville. He voted for Georgia to secede from the Union.
Samuel’s son, Henry Keebler Harville, purchased the property and built the Harville House as a one-story house around 1894. The second story was added ten years later, resulting in a total of 14 rooms to accommodate a growing family. The vernacular architectural features of the house were inspired by a dream of Keebler Harville. The lumber used was cut and sawn from timber grown on the farm. By the time of Keebler’s death in 1946, the farm had grown to 2800 acres. More than just a landmark, the farm was self-sustaining for 10 families. It included a grist mill, saw mill, cotton gin, two-story smokehouse, ice house, syrup house, and a commissary. He was the first in Bulloch County to sell peanuts commercially and picked peanuts commercially for other farmers from Blitchton to Claxton. He purchased the first corn snapper in the county.
The Harville Cemetery is located 1/4 mile west of the house.
http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2011/09/20/harville-house-bulloch-county-5/
Filed under --BULLOCH COUNTY GA--
Folk Victorian, Jane Street
This historic property is currently for sale.
Filed under --WARE COUNTY GA--, Waycross GA
Ruins of Folk Victorian, Jane Street, Waycross
This view shows the house from the McDonald Street side.
Filed under --WARE COUNTY GA--, Waycross GA
William Kehoe House, 1892, Savannah
Now a bed and breakfast inn, the Kehoe House is a center of tourist activity on Columbia Square. Built by an Irish immigrant iron worker who became one of the most prominent businessmen in the city, the house has had a storied history. After the Kehoe heirs sold it in 1930 it served as a boarding house and funeral home before being purchased by football legend Joe Namath in 1980. He originally planned on turning it into a night club but those plans never materialized and he sold it in 1989. Many tourists believe it to be haunted, likely from its days as a funeral home.
Filed under --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA
