This house was built for J. M. Ponder and his wife, Ella Ensign Porter. They later gave the house to their daughter Abbie, who was married to Sam Rutherford, a three-time mayor of Forsyth and member of the U. S. House of Representatives.

I hope everyone is enjoying the updates from Forsyth. It really doesn’t get its due as far as architecture goes, and I hope this will encourage some of you to ramble around and see for yourself.