This historic farmhouse was built circa 1889. It’s located near Summertown in northern Emanuel County. Architecturally, it’s a good example of an I-house, sometimes known as Plantation Plain. This type house was popular from at least the 1770s in Georgia. A central hallway form, it’s known as an I-house for its rectangular footprint. Plantation Plain is descriptive, as houses of this type before the Civil War were usually the dwellings of plantation owners. Most examples of that era are a bit wider and “shorter” while post-war examples are more compact and therefore just a bit taller. Though not always the case, it’s sometimes helpful to know when trying to date these workhorses of rural Georgia. The room at the rear is a later addition.
Charles T. Elliott, Jr., notes that his grandmother was born in this house and says it was owned by the Bishop family for whom nearby Bishop’s Chapel church was named.
My sister currently lives in this house and her father in law’s family owns the property. Junkins’s is their last name
This was my mother’s Aunt Kate’s house. Lawson Bishop family lived in Swainsboro and my mother told me about driving her mother home from Aunt Kate’s back to their house in Swainsboro. Road was red clay and mother was a young girl and I recall her saying that she did not know how she held that Model T in the road and out of the ditches! Lots of wonderful stories I remember hearing of the Bishop and Mason families during the old days!
Julie Mason
June 26, 2024
It was Jack Bishop’s childhood home. His family built Bishop Chapel Church where he is buried. Mr. Jack operated a grocery & building supply in Summertown.
My family & I lived in this house in 1980 when I was 11 years old . We loved it.
I love comments like the one from Mr. Elliott : – ) What a nice surprise to see a photo that touches your heart.
Me, too, Lisa.
My grandmother was born in this house!
Do you know more about? I’d love to give it a name.
The Bishops’ of the nearby Bishop Chapel Church.
my sister currently lives here and her father in law lived in it for years before that. He currently lives in the house next door on the same property. His parents are the ones who bought it…….i could possibly put you in touch with him