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Simon J. Brewton House, Circa 1855, Evans County

This Plantation Plain is likely unique among the antebellum houses of Evans County. With its front porch closed in for additional rooms, it represents a utilitarian variation for this common style.

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Landrum House, Millen

Thanks to June Hillis Burruss for the identification.

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Vernacular Farmhouse, Jenkins County

This is located just outside Millen on Highway 23. It looks like the house was likely a tenant dwelling expanded at some point. An addition on the left is visible.

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Abandoned Tenant Farmhouse, Screven County

This common utiliatrian form, once widespread throughout South Georgia, is rapidly disappearing from the landscape.  

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Trinity Church, Screven County

This is located just west of Hiltonia. It appears the lumber is being salvaged. The front gable features shingles at the corners. The interior, which must have been a lovely space at one time, is...

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John Teel House, Circa 1840, Sumter County

This wonderful Greek Revival house is the centerpiece of what is today known as the Teel-Crawford-Gaston Plantation or, more practically, the Gaston farm. The historical background that follows (in...

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Cusseta Methodist Church

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Historic Storefronts, Cusseta

Just a handful of early commercial storefronts remain on Broad Street, which was once the “main drag” in Cusseta. However, the town has grown from a population of around 1200 in 2000 to nearly 12,000...

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Wynn House, 1839, Columbus

National Register of Historic Places When Colonel William Wynn built this stately mansion, it was called Oakview. Colonel Wynn, for whom the Wynnton area of Columbus is named, was an early settler of...

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Shingle-Sided House, 1884, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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Colonial Revival House, 1900, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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Dr. John S. Pemberton House, 1840, Columbus

National Register of Historic Places Dr. John Stith Pemberton is known worldwide as the inventor of Coca-Cola. Born on 8 July 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia, and raised in Rome, Soon after he received his...

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Pemberton Country Home, 1860, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places This house served as the residence of Dr. John S. Pemberton from 1860-1869. He moved into this house from the white cottage pictured in...

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Federal-Style House, 1835, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places This wonderful survivor is located next door to the Pemberton House.

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Walkers-Peters-Langdon House, 1828, Columbus

National Register of Historic Places Prefab housing of the 19th century? This house was built for Colonel Virgil H. Walker by Nathaniel Peters and is believed to have been fabricated offsite, then...

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Carpenter Italianate House, 1870, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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Federal Style House, 1840, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places This house is quite similar in style to the Milledgeville Federal houses which can be found in the old capital city. This style is not...

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Empire Building, 1896, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Originally known as the Columbus Investment Company Building, this was known as the Murrah Building by 1910. In 1958, it was renamed the...

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Columbian Lodge No. 7 F&AM, 1902, Columbus

Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Also known as the Flowers Building, for a later tenant, this Chicago-style landmark was designed by architect T. Firth Lockwood to...

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Tenant Farmhouse, Appling County

Photographed in 2010.

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