This common vernacular style is among the most iconic in South Georgia. It originated as a saddlebag form and took on a shed room and wing at some point in its history.
Michelle McCary Townsend writes: This was my Great-Great Uncle and Aunt’s house. Uncle Alvin & Aunt Cora Watson. I loved this house when I was a small child, we would visit them there. Time has definitely taken its toll on this house. I think of them every time I visit family in the cemetery next door.
My background is Townsend/Middleton. My ancestors are buried in Midway Baptist Church, or that was what it was called at one time on the road midway between Townsend, Ga. and Ludowici. Is there nothing left of that area? We noticed that the sign depicting Townsend, Ga. has been replaced with Eulonia Road on I-95.
There is a Middleton Methodist there now, with a relatively old cemetery.
This was my Great-Great Uncle and Aunt’s house.. Uncle Alvin & Aunt Cora Watson.. I loved this house when I was a small child, we would visit them there. Time has definitely took its toll on this house.. I think of them everytime I visit family in the cemetery next door..
Thanks, Michelle. I’ll change the post. I’m always glad to learn the history of a house like this.
That is my great granny’s house. One of Alvin and Cora’s sons is my papa.
I like it when I see them being used as hay barns! At least the owner will probably not destroy it.