Also known as the Durden-Brinson-Brewer House, this Emanuel County icon seems to be a mix of several styles.
It is known that Henry Murray was the primary architect of the house. In its listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the home’s dates of construction are given as 1850s/1870s. The rear section dates to the mid-1850s and the two-story “front” section was built around 1870. The central dormer may be a later addition. After construction of the newer house, the original house was attached and put into service as a kitchen.
National Register of Historic Places
I’m hoping to see this house one day. I was working on genealogy, I discovered that my great-great-grandfather was the architect of the house. Finding that they were next to each other in the census solidified my thought. I also have a receipt from the W.M. Durden & Bro.General Merchandise for coffee material and thread. It hangs in my mother’s sewing room.
There is a photo of this same house taken around the turn of the century in “Vanishing Georgia” Photographs from the Vanishing Georgia Collection Georgia Departmemt of Archives and History University of Georgia Press 1982.
Isbn 0-8203-0628-2
Page 36.
The house has an interesting single center window on the 2nd story. Don’t believe I’ve seen similar.
My mom was from Emanuel County she was a Coleman. Is there a way to access all your wonderful photos of there?
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