This house has an overall Queen Anne appearance but the columns would not have been used originally with that style. It’s an unusual house, and so large it makes me wonder if it were not a boarding house. I hope to learn more.
Eclectic Victorian House, Cochran
This is 139 S Second Street, formerly 604 Second Street before renumbering was done, and was owned by my mom, Eleanor Mathews (now Eleanor Batchelor), in 1996. She knew Mrs. Mattie Lee Mullis Baxley who was born in this home and lived there til age 10. Mrs. Baxley thinks the house was built in the late 1800’s by a Mr. Hall but shortly afterwards purchased by Dr J. P. Peacock. Her father purchased the home from Dr Peacock and after living there several years it got back into the hands of Dr Peacock again. The first library in Cochran was located in this home and Mrs. Baxley remembers her fathers’ rolling step ladder that he used to reach the top rows of books. Mrs. Baxley remembers the night Peacock Hall (at the college) burned down after which this home was used for a dorm for the football players, outside front stairs were added at this time. Jake Morris was the dean of the college at this time. The home was divided into 4 private apartments called the Georgian Apartments and continued as such until the Rev & Mrs. Charles Thomas purchased it and renovated it back into a single family home again. A notable tenant was Mrs Florine Greene who lived there about 50 yrs and was 93 when she moved into a smaller home nearby. She would receive mail/etc by lowering a bucket from the front balcony.
The incongruence of this home caused me to take a couple of side-glances at it. The columns appear to be somewhat Greek Revival but the rest of the home does not. I don’t know a lot about architecture but I do have an eye for beauty. I would say this home is out of sync with itself and is not appealing in my opinion.
The house is gable end house with a porch across the front. It was extensively altered in 1917, giving it the Colonial Revival flair it has today, adding gabled dormers on three sides and a two-story portico supported by fluted columns to the front facade
If you have a address I can get you the information email is godsgrace704@gmail.com
I don’t think I’ve seen this architectural style before. Interesting and attractive!