This typical Georgian Cottage was likely built in the 1870s, but I might be off by a decade or so. I call it a farmhouse because I can’t think of anything else that was going on in this neck of the woods at that time. The old Longstreet Academy was once located adjacent to this house, but it has been gone for many years. In fact, besides the church, nearly all the historical places that symbolized Longstreet have been gone for decades.
Longstreet is best known today, if it’s known at all outside the area, as the home of the Longstreet Methodist Church. The simple church structure happens to be the oldest documented building in Bleckley County, dating to 1812. Bleckley County was part of Pulaski County until 1912.
George Walker II, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, who came here from Burke County, was one of the first known settlers of the area, arriving before Pulaski County was established in 1806. Walker’s four sons, Charles, David, George III, and Thomas, built their homes in a three-mile stretch of this area, which came to be known as Longstreet. Charles was one of the founders of the Methodist church and gave the land for its construction.
