Jimmy Troupe tells me that his great-grandfather, Joshua Troupe, built this house in the 1890s, and it was subsequently home to his grandfather, H. A. Troupe, Sr., and his father, H. A. “Sonny Boy” Troupe, Jr. Jimmy grew up in the house and still owns it today. It’s likely the house was expanded at some point to its present layout. He also told me his grandmother said the family name was originally Troup but the “e” was added later, and that just up the road, toward Fitzgerald, there was a Troupe Schoolhouse in the early 1900s. The family was well-represented in the area.