I’m tentatively identifying this as an office building, but it may have been a store.
Shotgun Office Building, Devereux
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Craftsman Cottage, Devereux
Devereux United Methodist Church, 1911, Hancock County
The first Methodist congregation associated with Devereux, Ebenezer, was located about ten miles away. It moved nearby in 1857 and was named Reynolds Chapel for its pastor. The present structure was built in 1910-1911 and dedicated by Bishop W. A. Candler in 1911. The name was changed at that time to Devereux Methodist Church. It remains a small but active congregation.
Georgian Cottage, Hancock County
Boyer House, 1860s, Linton
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Womble House, 1860s, Linton
The gables and front porch were added in the late 1800s.
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Prescott-Stone House, 1850s, Linton
This was built in the late 1850s, and though simple in comparison to some of the larger houses in Linton, it’s very well-preserved.
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Dr. John Stone House, Circa 1850, Linton
Built before the official settlement of Linton for Vermont native Dr. John Stone, this iconic house was still unpainted when photographed by David Kaminsky for the Department of Natural Resources in 1975. In 1837, Dr. Stone purchased all the land around what would officially become Linton in 1858. In Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area, John Linley dates the house to circa 1837, though this now seems to have been an assumption based on the date of Dr. Stone’s land acquisition. I’m not sure if further research has pinpointed a more specific date. (The house is variously known as the Stone-Buck-Boyer, or Stone-Boyer House). Dr. Stone’s daughter Willie was married to John Buck and for a time the house was known as the Buck House. John and Willie’s daughter, Nora Buck Boyer, was a later owner. It has been beautifully restored and maintained by Dr. Stone’s descendants and is an enduring symbol of Linton’s amazing historic district.
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Duggan House, 1850s, Linton
Ivy Walker Duggan (22 December 1831-6 September 1917), was a native of nearby Warthen. He lived in this house and was employed at one time by the Washington Institute in Linton.
Frances Kassinger writes [partly in response from an incorrect source I quoted, now removed, stating Mr. Duggan was the first teacher to be certified in Georgia]: Ivy Duggan (my double great grandfather) was not the first to receive a teaching certificate in Georgia. This was verified by the Department of Education. However, Ivy proved to be a prominent and well-loved professor throughout his entire adult life.
You may be interested in knowing as well, that the pictured home received many unwelcome Union soldiers in it, in December 1864. I have Susan Reynolds (Ivy Duggan’s wife) letter that describes that visit to her home and to the town.
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Linton United Methodist Church, 1891, Hancock County
After Reverends J. R. King and B. E. L. Timmons held a revival in 1890, the Linton Methodist Church was formed soon thereafter and the congregation built this church, still in use, between 1890 and 1891.
Linton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places