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Tag Archives: South Georgia Vernacular Architecture
Dry Branch, Georgia
I’m not sure if this was a store or a community house but I understand that it has been recently restored. Other than a mid-century post office, now abandoned and replaced by a newer structure on Highway 80, this is the only public building I found in Dry Branch. A portion of Dry Branch is located in Bibb County, but I believe this is in Twiggs County.
Filed under --TWIGGS COUNTY GA--, Dry Branch GA
Hip Roof House, Jeffersonville
This is essentially a Georgian cottage without the more typical pyramidal roof and front dormer normally seen on examples in Georgia.
Filed under --TWIGGS COUNTY GA--, Jeffersonville GA
Millworker’s Houses, Fitzgerald
These are among the last of the millworker’s houses in the Fitzgerald Cotton Mills that haven’t been covered with vinyl siding.
The utilitarian structures were provided to employees of the mill and many families remained in them after the mill closed.
This was the last in original condition; I photographed it in 2009 and it was razed by 2010.
The Fitzgerald Cotton Mills, seen on a vintage postcard, circa 1912.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--, Fitzgerald GA
