This clubhouse, with a rear portico overlooking the Chattahoochee River, was shared by the Woman’s Club and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Women’s Clubhouse, 1927, Fort Gaines
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The Scout House, 1928, Fort Gaines
Under the leadership of Methodist minister Emmett Emerson Gardner, the local Boy Scout troop cut, notched, and scraped the logs and erected this cabin for use as their lodge.
Originally consisting of two rooms, the cabin was later remodeled for use as the first library in Fort Gaines.
It’s located adjacent to the Toll House.
Toll House, 1820s, Fort Gaines
It’s suggested that John Dill was the first owner of this structure, around 1820, and that it may have been a temporary meeting house for an early group of Methodists.
Later in that decade, John Sutlive purchased it for use as a toll house and traveler’s rest. With the busy bridge to Alabama situated just below the bluff, it would have been a very profitable enterprise for Sutlive.
The toll house has been moved slightly south of its original location, but the view of the Chattahoochee from the high bluff would have been about the same two hundred years ago,
J. E. Paulin House, 1900, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Sutlive House, 1820, Fort Gaines
This is one of the oldest houses in Fort Gaines and aside from being enlarged and stylistic elements added, retains much of its original appearance.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Gainer-Sutlive-Tatum House, Circa 1820, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Gothic Revival Cottage, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Greek Revival Cottage, Fort Gaines
This house likely dates to the antebellum era. I’ll update when I know more.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Eclectic Victorian House, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Queen Anne House, Fort Gaines
This house has been deteriorating rapidly since I first began photographing in Clay County ten years ago. The shake roof still survives under later shingles.
On 2 December 2019, Rodney Hiers wrote: This house was just recently torn down…saw it over the holidays.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places