This Folk Victorian cottage is the center of an amazing historic farmstead. A breezeway connects a kitchen behind the house. Tom Peterson writes: This house was built by William James Peterson in 1876…William James and his wife, Catherine Joanna Calhoun Peterson, had 12 children, all born in this house. It is currently owned by Hugh Peterson and has been the site of the annual Peterson Family reunion since 1922.
The property is one of the most intact I’ve stumbled upon, and its numerous outbuildings are perfectly maintained.
There are at least four log barns on the property.
While log barns and homes are still built today, it’s highly unusual to find this many older examples.
This house was built by William James Peterson in 1876. William James and his wife, Catherine Joanna Calhoun Peterson, had 12 children, all born in this house. It is currently owned by Hugh Peterson and has been the site of the annual Peterson Family reunion since 1922.
Thanks, Tom. I will update. Thanks to the family for maintaining this special place. I’m rarely amazed, but this place is wonderful.
How would like to paint that beautiful Pickett fence? You would need Tom Sawyer’s help or maybe not.
Wow! This place surely is beautiful and seems so homey. The fact that it has so many intact buildings still in existence is a wonderful thing. My Walker family once lived in Montgomery County near Alston, but their place didn’t look like this one. Glad that the owner is keeping the place well repaired. Georgia is a wonderful state in so many ways. Let us hold on to our old buildings.