There aren’t as many canopy roads as there used to be, so they are always a welcome surprise. They are loved for their shade and their beauty. The most famous in Georgia, in Thomas County, are lined with old oaks. It’s rarer to find them in other parts of the state, but if you know where to look, you can encounter them elsewhere. There are some on the coast, of course. This one was unmarked and led to an historic cemetery, which is how I found it when I photographed it in 2009. I hope it still looks like this.
Charles Towne Landing Stare Historic Site and Magnolia Gardens in Charleston both have magnificent live oak alleys, and I’ve photographed them many times. Thanks for sharing this one!
Washington Avenue in Savannah GA has one, lined with amazing old two-story homes (1940’s-’50’s), that stretches from Bull Street on the west to Waters Avenue on the east, a run of about eight blocks.
The historic old (original) two-story neoclassic Savannah High School, where I graduated from in 1969, is in the middle of it. It now serves as “Savannah Arts Academy,” with a changed mission as an arts-oriented “magnet” school, instead of the neighborhood school it was built as, 75 years ago, after efforts to close it collapsed when a new high school was built downtown and ludicrously named “Savannah High School,” when it should have been called “East Broad High School,” reflecting its true nature and location. (Bozos in charge of the schools at that time, with no appreciation for history.)
Wormsloe Plantation on Isle of Hope, on Savannah’s east side, has the most well-known one of all in our area, dating back to Colonial times. It is now a state park.
I have a small framed print of just such a road, illuminated by soft sunlight, that I found and bought (snatched up, really) for $10, at the Sears store in Oglethorpe Mall in Savannah, GA, probably 40 years ago, because of the caption underneath:
“Of magic doorways, there is this: We do not see them, even as we are passing through.”
So true!
There are a couple of those on Amelia Island, Florida