Along with this innovative cross-gable gambrel-roofed house, lumberman Charles H. Caldwell built this carriage house, later used as a garage. It was among the most modern properties in Bainbridge at the time of its construction. The present owners have recently repainted the home.
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
M. V. Woodhull of Monroe, New York, built this as a winter home. Originally a Queen Anne, it was extensively remodeled in the 1940s to its present Colonial appearance.
Jan Godwin writes: I remember [this] as the home of “old” Dr. L.W. Willis, Sr., and his wife, Eugenia “Genie.” It was where they raised their two children, Mary Eugenia Willis Rollins and Dr. L.W. Willis (Bo), Jr., who were both born in the 1920’s. Old Dr. Willis practiced family medicine in Bainbridge for over 50 years until his death in 1972, at a time when only a few doctors were in Bainbridge. The two Willis doctors probably delivered over 75% of the babies born in Decatur County from the 1920’s to about 1980. The house was inherited by Dr. Willis’ daughter, Mary Eugenia Rollins, and his granddaughter…lives there now.
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This was built by Julian B. Kwilecki, of the I. Kwiliecki & Sons Hardware Store family.
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
One of the grandest homes in Bainbridge, this property was built by Sheriff Leroy Patterson from bricks in his own brickyard.
Though in need of cosmetic repairs, the house appears to be in good shape overall. It’s a real Southern beauty.
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
One of several churches in Bainbridge’s residential historic district, St. John’s is a personal favorite. It’s the oldest church building in continuous use in Decatur County.
Bainbridge Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Duncan Curry, Jr., son of a state representative and senator and one of the earliest settlers of this section of Georgia, established a plantation in 1842 on property that had included an important early stagecoach stop. As the plantation expanded to eventually cover several thousand acres, the family lived in a log house next to the old stagecoach house. The present house was built in the mid-1850s. It also served as a de facto neighborhood school.
In addition to their farming and entrepreneurial activities, Duncan, with his brother Calvin, built the first Presbyterian church in this section around this time. At the outset of the Civil War, Curry rallied a group of local men for the cause. They became Company F, Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, under Curry’s command. Injured in Maryland, Curry returned to the plantation and helped secure supplies for the local effort. His son, Perry, was killed in the war.
National Register of Historic Places
Vada is in the middle of a busy agricultural area. I don’t know if these barns were part of a farm or an agribusiness concern.
Now used as a storage building, this originally served as a theater for the tiny town of Vada.