
Whirligigs can be very whimsical, but many are utilitarian, like this one I photographed in the Odessadale community several years ago.

Whirligigs can be very whimsical, but many are utilitarian, like this one I photographed in the Odessadale community several years ago.
There are at least two of these hip-roofed utilitarian structures remaining in Odessadale. The form was once much more common in the area.
This church, founded by ex-slaves in 1868, is the center of the African-American community in Odessadale.