Thanks to Mike McCall for sharing this photograph. This Plantation Plain house, which was located near the traffic light in Ludowici, has been gone for quite a few years. I’ll share more information when I have it.
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Tag Archives: South Georgia Landmarks
Craftsman Farmhouse, Irwin County
This large Craftsman farmhouse and row of barns on Peach Road were obviously the center of a busy farm at one time. I made these photographs in 2001 and the structures were all gone by 2010-12.
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--
Deberry Tobacco Barn, Irwin County
This film photograph, from 2002, is an earlier view of the barn near Spring Hill Primitive Baptist Church, seen here. It was the first tobacco barn I was able to document over a long period of time. Nancy Harper Redman writes: Hoke Deberry owned this property, which includes the spring from which the church gets its name…My Dad (the late Marcus F. Roberts of Berrien County) was related to some of the Deberrys. He played in that spring and woods when he was a small boy.
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--
Young Farmhouse, Circa 1880s, Ben Hill County
This house seemed sure to be lost, as it sat abandoned for many years, but luckily it had a happy ending. It was restored. It’s a central hallway farmhouse with a long addition at the rear. This photograph dates to 2001 and is among my earliest.
Dr. Johnny Young notes that this was once the home of his grandparents (Mr. & Mrs. J. R. F. Young) and his father (S. B. Young). They lived here from at least 1912 until 1927, when they built another home nearby. The Young family were among the earliest settlers of this area, the northwestern corner of present-day Ben Hill County.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--
Batton’s Store, Ben Hill County
This landmark stood for much of the 20th century at the fork of Sibbie Road and Georgia Highway 215, near the Wilcox County line. I made this photograph in 2003. The store has since been relocated to the Batton homeplace nearby.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--
T. A. Cheatham House, Adrian
This was the home of one of Adrian’s most prominent early businessmen, T. A. Cheatham. The vintage postcard (below) was published by the City Drug Store circa 1910.
Filed under --JOHNSON COUNTY GA--, Adrian GA
Gable Front House, Adrian
The oversized brick posts are this home’s most distinctive feature.
Filed under --JOHNSON COUNTY GA--, Adrian GA
