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.
The columns are like vernacular versions of Brancusi’s famous endless column sculpure bill paul
Hi Sharon; I have been researching the Perkins family and had visited Piney Grove cem and area recently. I also recently visited with Mr. Vernon Perkins a younger brother of Leonard’s who he worked for as a teen. Vernon lives near me here in LaBelle, FL and I’m so pleased to see this picture. I would love to speak with you or communicate via email, or whatever, regarding Leonard, who’s Father was Absalom Perry Perkins a/k/a “Abb & A.P.”. Abb died in 1944 in Pierce Co, but had farmed in Wayne Co and was on Census for 1900 there. I would so appreciate if you would contact me at 863-517-2068, or email: MRatliff1964@comcast.net
Thank you so much.
I attended Piney Grove School from 1958 to1964. Does anyone have a photo of the school as it was then?
This house was the home of Leonard & Quinelle Perkins (my husband’s grandparents). The house and land are still owned by the family.
Thanks so much, Sharon. I will put their name on the post, if that’s okay. It’s such a neat old house; just glad I saw it and was able to shoot it.