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Tag Archives: South Georgia Vernacular Architecture
Central Hallway Farmhouse, Irwin County
I’ve always admired this well-maintained house but have never known its history. I would guess it dates to the 1870s or 1880s.
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--
Abandoned Church, Ben Hill County
The architecture leads me to believe this was a church, though it could have been a schoolhouse.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--
General Store, Coney
Gean Nipper recently suggested I make some photographs at Coney. Having driven between Cordele and Americus countless times over the years, I must admit I had never even heard of the place. A couple of old warehouses and commissaries were still standing in the crossroads community near Lake Blackshear until they were destroyed by a tornado a few years ago. This store, the lone survivor, was owned by Mr. Nipper’s grandparents, Lonnie and Dicy Calhoun. It was closed by the late 1960s and briefly reopened in the early 1970s.
Coney was once a busy rail siding and was also the location of a ferry that crossed the nearby Flint River (long before Lake Blackshear was formed).
Filed under --CRISP COUNTY GA--, Coney GA
Vernacular House, Leary
While reviewing images for a manuscript, I came across this house in Leary and realized I’d never posted it before. The reason I’m posting it now is because on a recent trip I noticed it had been torn down. It was a large house, across from the Jordan houses.
Filed under --CALHOUN COUNTY GA--, Leary GA
Turpentine Commissary, Toledo
Joe Hopkins writes that this the was commissary for the turpentine operations at Toledo. I would go there on Saturday mornings when I was a kid with my great uncle to pay off the turpentine employees. The store housed basic staples and dry goods for the workers living at the Toledo settlement and the business records of the company. The dirt road on the porch side of the commissary was the original road running from Folkston to St.George.
Filed under --CHARLTON COUNTY GA--, Toledo GA
