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 Wooden Shingle Structures
Hall and Parlor Farmhouse, Ben Hill County
I made this photo of a 19th century farmhouse in 2001. It was located in western Ben Hill County off Lower Rebecca Road and was likely among the oldest domestic structures in the county. It has been gone for many years.
Filed under --BEN HILL COUNTY GA--
Vernacular Farmhouse, Clinch County
This double-pen farmhouse has wooden shingles under the tin roof, but the chimney looks like a replacement. Either way, it’s a landmark pioneer house and in relatively good shape.
Filed under --CLINCH COUNTY GA--
Perkins Farmhouse, Piney Grove
This is located near the forgotten community of Piney Grove. All that remains of Piney Grove is a church, a 1950s school lunchroom, and the ruins of an early 20th-century schoolhouse.
The front porch features interesting hand-carved posts.
Note the difference between the painted walls in the first image and the unfinished walls in the second. This was actually quite common in rural farmhouses for a time.
Thanks to Sharon Mallard for the identification. She writes: This house was the home of Leonard & Quinelle Perkins (my husband’s grandparents). The house and land are still owned by the family.
Filed under --WAYNE COUNTY GA--
DeVane-Jones House, Circa 1880, Benevolence
Larry Ingram writes: This house in Benevolence, Georgia, was constructed by my great-grandmother’s brother, Monsh (sic) Keese, around 1880. It was purchased by my maternal grandparents, Crisp Charles Jones and Kathleen Crozier Jones, around 1943, and remained their home until my grandfather died in 1955. I have an abstract-of-title for the property from the late 1800’s to the time my grandparents purchased the home from a Mr. DeVane. The house and approximately 40 acres are still owned by the man who purchased the home and 40 acres from my grandmother for some $8,000 in 1956.
Filed under --RANDOLPH COUNTY GA--, Cuthbert GA
Single-Pen Tenant Farmhouse, Irwin County
Many likely pass this house every day and never notice it. I’ve been photographing it for over six years and it never ceases to amaze me.
The wooden shingles have survived against all odds.
Update: As of late summer 2018, this iconic house has collapsed.
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--