This is located across the highway from the gambrel-roof barn in the previous post. It was expanded into a gabled-ell form at some point in its history.
Tag Archives: South Georgia Vernacular Architecture
Owens Store, Circa 1900, Dooly County
This community landmark has the appearance of a gabled-ell house and has an unusual floor plan for a store. It appears to be in good overall condition.
Filed under --DOOLY COUNTY GA--
Abandoned Farmhouse, Pulaski County
This may be a tenant house or even an old commissary. It’s hard to tell in its present state. It’s just north of Finleyson.
Filed under --PULASKI COUNTY GA--
Tile House, Pulaski County
This structure was one of several on the property, including a large cistern, made of this unusual multi-colored tile. It is quite unusual and will hopefully be preserved.
Filed under --PULASKI COUNTY GA--
Precinct House, Pope City
You’ll have trouble finding Pope City on most maps today and it’s never really been much more than a wide spot in the road. But this populated place in northwestern Wilcox County was significant enough to have a post office from 1910-1918. This structure was likely the voting precinct or “courthouse”.
Filed under --WILCOX COUNTY GA--, Pope City GA
Pope City Baptist Church, Wilcox County
Pope City Baptist Church was established in 1903. A larger modern sanctuary on the same property has replaced this structure.
Filed under --WILCOX COUNTY GA--, Pope City GA
DeBerry Baptist Church, Coffee County
Two people reached out to me to say that the old DeBerry Baptist Church was being torn down.
There is a larger more modern facility on the property and I presume the demolition will allow further expansion of that. I will update with a history of the congregation as soon as possible.
Filed under --COFFEE COUNTY GA--
Hall-and-Parlor Tenant Farmhouse, Crisp County
This hall-and-parlor farmhouse features a so-called “preacher’s room” off the left front porch. It has been a landmark to me in my travels between Cordele and Americus for many years.
Filed under --CRISP COUNTY GA--
Purvis Farmhouse, Irwin County
This is one of the first vernacular farmhouses I ever photographed [this photo dates to 1999]. I believe it may have originally been a dogtrot, but I can’t confirm that. Rodney Gray writes: This home belonged to my grandmother Annie Purvis Gray’s brother, Richard Purvis. He had two sons who lived there and it now belongs to Glenn Purvis.
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--