This well-maintained landmark was built by Confederate veteran Josiah Davis. Davis was a farmer who raised cotton and corn. Upon his death, his widow lived out the rest of her life here. The Peacock family purchased the home after Mrs. Davis’s death.
Twin City Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
I call this a “Central Hallway House” for lack of a better term or more knowledge of its history, but I believe this house is quite historic. It has double chimneys on the south side.
Charlie Elliott writes: This was my maternal grandmother’s home, Dora Bell Hall Rountree. The first house here, built by her father-in-law, James Rountree, who founded Summit (one-half of Twin City) burned in 1954. This “new” house was built to take its place. The front porch was enclosed at a later date.
Most commercial architecture in early 20th century rural Georgia was vernacular in nature, with the vast majority of stores being “shotgun” structures. The Chesley Flanders General Store near Summertown is an excellent example of a community landmark that remains largely unaltered from its original appearance. This store has also been identified as Lillian Bishop’s Store and dated to 1935. If anyone knows which one is correct, please let me know.
This congregation was established in 1906.
This appears to have originally been a commercial structure, perhaps a grocery store or warehouse, that has since been converted for another use.
This is one of several commercial structures in Oak Park built by Joe Powell. Originally a pharmacy, it was later owned by Harvey Woodrow Lindsey and served many other commercial uses over the years and is now the last survivor of a row of three brick storefronts.