A Georgia historic resources database identifies this as a peach warehouse, which utilized adjacent railroad tracks for shipping. I don’t know if it was built for that purpose, but if not, it was certainly a warehouse of some type.
Peach Warehouse, Circa 1910, Godfrey
My grandparents grew up in Godfrey. I have letters between them when they were courting beginning in 1913. He was at Mercer University in Macon while she was still in high school in Godfrey, apparently a very small class. Her family, the Sammons, had the general store. His family, the Jordans, were farmers.
Peaches I surmise, have long been such a huge commodity in Georgia, that this building’s use as a peach shipping warehouse would not surprise me at all.
This is a great composition that does Justice to the building!
Thanks for your work and dedication for providing information and photographs of days gone by.