This vernacular Greek Revival is one of Oglethorpe’s best-documented and impressive homes.
Keen House, 1853, Oglethorpe
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That looks like my Hansell ancestor’s home that was moved here from Marietta.
Yes, it was the Lutheren parsonage
Was this ever the parsonage for the Lutheran Church?
I’m not sure, Joanne, but since it’s right next door, I wouldn’t be surprised.
My uncle was the pastor there c. 1959. I remember visiting as a child and sleeping in a big four poster bad under those high ceilings. One year there was a bumper crop of peaches and the local farmers opened up the orchards for picking. My father and uncles drove up from Savannah and we had a freezer full of peaches through the winter. There was also some
story about the house being a survivor of a yellow fever epidemic when many houses burned to eradicate the contagion. (Maybe the mosquito larvae were thought to be the wood?) Do you know anything about this?