I originally published this photograph on 17 July 2012, but the file was temporarily lost. I’m glad to have relocated it. Allison Charles wrote that her mother owned the land and she lived here as a young child. She said she called it “the old white house”.
I photographed this house in July 2012. It’s a typical two-room form, most often used as tenant housing. Since it wasn’t near a farm, it may have been related to turpentining.
The Mid-Century font on this abandoned factory suggest it dates to the 1950s or 1960s. I believe Metter Manufacturing Company was still in business at another location recently, but may be closed now. This photograph was made in 2020 and I’m not sure if the building is still standing.
While not very aesthetically appealing, buildings like this had great importance in our small towns, often employing hundreds of people. As industrial agriculture began to displace many farm workers, industrial work often took up the slack.
Here’s another one of the Eclectic Cottages, located just north of the historic district. Like most examples in Metter, it has strong Victorian influences.
Garage apartments were a phenomenon linked to the growing importance of automobiles in the 20th century, and an example of innovation in utilitarian architecture. From what I can tell, they were most popular from the 1930s to the 1960s. They are still being built today in more modern forms.
South Metter Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This is another example of the Victorian-inspired eclectic architecture found throughout Metter’s historic residential district.
South Metter Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
I made these photographs in 2020. I believe the house has been painted brown since that time, but retains the bright pink trim. As with other unidentified homes in Metter, I will update if I learn more.
South Metter Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This Queen Anne cottage is just north of the South Metter Historic District but is perhaps the finest example of the form in town. I’m not sure if the design is from a pattern book or is just the work of a local carpenter, but it’s a great little house.
The Trapnell-Boyd House is one of the finest examples in Metter of this eclectic architectural style that dominated small Georgia towns around the turn of the 20th century. The overall appearance is Folk Victorian, but the tapered posts aren’t really Victorian at all.
South Metter Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
While re-editing my Candler County images, I came across this tobacco barn. The photo was made in July 2012. I don’t know if the barn is still standing.